Taking the term carbon ‘footprint’ rather too literally, the guys at Native want to reduce impact on the earth brought about by production of their shoes. Shoes often contain large bits of leather, rubber, and plastic, all of which have…
An ongoing global project to map the human body cell by cell has received a $68 million shot in the arm from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. It will support dozens of individual projects contributing to the eponymous atlas of human cells.…
It’s easy to get jaded about potential signs of life on Mars, but a recent discovery might raise eyebrows. The New York Times has learned that NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected "startlingly high" levels of methane — the gas typically…
We just can’t stay away from our phones, even in the car. The drive safety app Drivemode looked at driving data from 2.7 million U.S. drivers using Android phones between Jan. 2018 and April 30, 2019 and found that over…
Not long ago, people in China would need to visit a posh, stylish mall for luxury shopping. That’s rapidly changing as high-end brands race to embrace digital channels, which aren’t just the obvious options of ecommerce platforms or brand-owned sites.…
When Tesla deployed its new TeslaCam and Sentry Mode features, it basically enabled millions of cameras (8 per car) installed on its vehicles to capture videos of their surroundings. Those cameras are now capturing some crazy things. Here are some…
When 19-year-old pop artist Maude Latour released her summer 2019 song “Superfruit,” her fans quickly posted it to their Instagram stories. She encouraged it. “My audience is my publicity team, and when people share songs on Instagram, it helps so…
Bill Gates has spoken candidly about his regrets as the leader of Microsoft, most particularly the company’s attempts to build a dominant mobile OS. As reported by The Verge, during an interview at venture capital firm Village Global, Gates said…
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There’s a coded judgment that people who do well in the mornings hold against those of us who do not. "You’re just not a morning person," they say, the words dripping with the implication that our sluggishness in the AM…
