"First among things to consider is the immediacy of the threat." The fascinating world of escape behavior/neuroscience. smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

We call them reproductive rights, but does that include open-market access to care? nytimes.com/2023/01/03/hea…

“Today’s teens are failure-deprived.” But this is a very upper middle class view. Very privileged. NOT all teens are failure deprived. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

And I’m not sure I buy that it’s all about failure. Scarcity also breeds resilience, as does trauma.

"when she stops posting for the weekend she’ll notice a 30 to 40 percent decline in Instagram story views" #holysheet womenshealthmag.com/health/a419465…

Messages composed by AI (and supervised by humans) were rated significantly higher than those written by humans on their own (p < .001). Response times went down 50%, to well under a minute.

"Laughter..boosts cooperation and cohesiveness in groups. Genuine laughter (not fake polite chuckles), known as Duchenne laughter, improves mood and tempers negative impacts of stress, and shared laughter promotes social bonding." vox.com/the-highlight/…

Read by AI? theguardian.com/technology/202…

20k+ a year, not covered by Medicaid, expensive imaging required before Rx, and you can’t take blood thinners while on it. Lots of work to do in targeted anti-amyloid area. wsj.com/articles/new-a…

Fascinating profile + behind the scenes look at content creation Netflix newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… via The New Yorker

Earth history thanks to an annual meteor hunt in Antarctica. #weirdscience smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national…

Soooo stay hydrated, for reals. thelancet.com/journals/ebiom…

"They added Wi-Fi antennae to their latest dishwashers, ovens, and refrigerators and built apps for them—and yet only 50 percent or fewer of their owners have connected them." arstechnica.com/?post_type=pos…

Truth. And even if you KNOW the founder well...but it's a mistake to assume this only harms the relationships between VCs, founders. Do. Not. Ever. Give. Unsolicited. Feedback.

This is nifty. Enko Raises $80M in Series C citybiz.co/article/375370…

Also nifty…Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/sta…

This is the niftiest - sustainable propellant powers the Nyx. Go squishytech!!! The Exploration Company jet sets its space ambitions with record €40 million raise | EU-Startups eu-startups.com/2023/02/the-ex…

“start looking directly at systems of bias, rather than falsely pathologizing individuals.” newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

I am excited to announce that I have accepted the CEO role at  Twitter . I want to thank Elon & @jason for their support & efforts to make sure that diversity is at the forefront of innovation at HQ. What you can expect from me: 🧵1/

"Few things are more important in life than avoiding the wrong people. It’s tempting to think that we are strong enough to avoid adopting the worst of others, but that’s not how it typically works." A Tiny Thought in the The Knowledge Project newsletter. fs.blog/brain-food/apr…