Dec 31, 2018
Everything is skewed—whether in the businesses we own, the places we’re employed, the groups of friends we hang out with, or our daily routines, and achieving success can be as simple as locating those skews and learning how to capitalize on them. That’s the idea behind the 80/20 principle and the subject of...
Dec 31, 2018
Established just two and a half years ago, the Human Data Commons Foundation aims to address two primary questions: how do we make the best decisions around the best and most powerful sources of data available to us, and how do we put structures in place that encourage people to share their data in a way that protects...
Dec 28, 2018
As the medical director of Gramercy Pediatrics In New York City, Dr. Dyan Hes specializes in what’s become an epidemic over the past several decades: pediatric obesity. According to the CDC, approximately 19 percent or 13.7 million children in the U.S. are obese, and while it’s true that genetics can contribute to...
Dec 28, 2018
According to David Moore, PhD and faculty member in the Psychological Field Group at Pitzer College, there’s good reason to believe that “genes” as we’ve come to commonly understand them don’t actually exist; they aren’t segments of DNA which start and stop at discrete points, they don’t fulfill just one...
Dec 27, 2018
Approximately 120,000 people in the U.S. alone are waiting for an organ transplant, and there are many more who could benefit from one but haven’t made the list because there simply aren’t enough organs available. But what if the supply could be increased by utilizing the organs of another species? The process is...