fun facts
Thank you Los Angeles for the sport of Sperm Racing?
Thank you Los Angeles for the sport of Sperm Racing? You can go straight to the event video. Or check out the site. ~ learn more
Tag: Los Angeles
tech, startups, internet
Quantum computers at Los Angeles port.
Quantum computers at Los Angeles port. The port is testing a quantum computer algorithm to optimize containers and trucks at one of its docks. It can “assess all the possible solutions to a problem and find the best one almost […]
tech, startups, internet
LA’s hard tech ecosystem.
Two venture capitalists from Upfront Ventures put together a list of 50 cool companies based in the Los Angeles area that are pushing the frontiers of hard tech. Of course SpaceX and Anduril are on the list, but so are […]
under the microscope
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments.
“It is probably the most complicated therapy ever attempted in the clinic,” says study co-author Antoni Ribas, a cancer researcher and physician at the University of California, Los Angeles. “We’re trying to make an army out of a patient’s own […]
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The anxiety of influencers.
Writing for Harper’s Magazine, Barrett Swanson spent a few days in a Los Angeles mansion for TIkTok influencers called Clubhouse For the Boys. “Also known as content houses or TikTok mansions, collab houses are grotesquely lavish abodes where teens and […]
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Lifeguards in LA can make a lot of money.
First take your best guess how much, then click. Definitely don’t guess below 6-figures. | learn more
profiles of people
Can the world’s most connected doctor cure cancer?
An interesting article that has zero detail about science, but plenty of entertainment. “He was physician to the late Steve Jobs, pal to Elon Musk and Howard Stern, counselor to both Trump and Biden. Now he’s founded the most cutting-edge […]
to your health
What happens at an LA wellness retreat?
“If an alien visitor arrived in modern-day Los Angeles, they might reasonably conclude that the city’s dominant religion is wellness.” | learn more
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The rise and fall of the bank robbery capital of the world
“In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour of every day. This is the story of how a bandit culture took over the city.” | learn more
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Airline pilots reported seeing a guy in a jetback at 3,000 feet over LA
“An American Airlines pilot reported a sighting of a man in a jetpack thousands of a feet in the air on Sunday, prompting an investigation by authorities.” | learn more