Wow! “In a paper published recently … the [MIT] team reports on an AI model that distinguishes asymptomatic people from healthy individuals through forced-cough recordings, which people voluntarily submitted through web browsers and devices such as cellphones and laptops.” | learn more
A couple weeks ago I shared a recent study showing extreme benefits of vitamin D for Covid-19 patients (or maybe the extreme detriments of vitamin D deficiency). More on the curious case of vitamin D, and the murky world of understanding science. | learn […]
I enjoyed this essay from Matt Ridley in the WSJ. “The scientific method remains the best way to solve many problems, but bias, overconfidence and politics can sometimes lead scientists astray.” | learn more
Filed under “intriguing” and if anyone has added context for this please let me know. “The trial, which took place in Spain at the Reina Sofía University Hospital, involved 76 patients suffering from Covid-19. Fifty of those patients were given […]
“I joined Stripe four years ago to make starting an Internet business easier, mostly by work on Stripe Atlas. This has been a series of adjustments for me: to working as an employee, to experiencing hypergrowth, to being closer to […]
“Business owners, already struggling through the pandemic, said police aren’t trying to stop open-air drug markets along one of the West Side’s main commercial corridors.” In defense of police, enforcing laws in this environment is hazardous to personal health and […]
“Holdenstedt showed no mercy and scored a goal nearly every two minutes, as their opposition … watched on from a safe distance.” | learn more
I investigated private rail options for travel during Covid-19. I quickly learned that there’s mostly no such thing anymore, but one company did offer it as a special back in 2007. The price? About as much as a private jet […]
“For students who defaulted to remote learning this past spring, it’s become clear that a virtual “one-size fits all” approach to cannot replace in-person learning.“ | learn more
“Researchers in Germany have trained dogs to detect COVID-19 infections from saliva samples. After only one week of training, the dogs were able to detect the presence of the infection with a 94% accuracy rate.” | learn more