All sharks and rays reproduce internally, which means males and females must “do the deed” in order to make shark pups a reality. The shark mating we’ve seen is not vanilla in a sense; in fact, this intimate process often leaves its mark in the form of bite wounds for the female shark. Now, scientists are using them as a natural timestamp, gauging when mating occurred without ever having to witness the act itself. To turn this observation into a practical tool, researchers studied an aquarium-housed female sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) that sustained a mating wound while getting busy.…
A 515-mile-long lightning flash from Texas to Missouri in 2017 has been named the world’s longest electrical bolt thanks to U.S. satellite imagery displacing a past record-holder as climate change ushers in more extreme weather. Only recently review of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration image from its GOES-16 satellite…
Founders often highlight their cash runway slide as a badge of confidence. Eighteen months of capital left, a clean upward revenue line and a plan that feels solid on paper. But when asked what would happen if their monthly spend increased by just $10,000, many hesitate.That hesitation points to a…
If you ask a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Google Gemini to solve your customers’ pain points, it will give you an answer based on the easiest-to-verify information. That often includes published articles, consistent founder commentaries, structured product pages and other third-party references. If those answers do not…
At Bask Health, we once forced every new patient to download a separate app just to upload their ID. Only 40% of them made it through. Six weeks of development, thousands of dollars spent, and we called it a funnel. That one decision cost us more patients than any Facebook…
As artificial intelligence reshapes our world, we find ourselves in a curious conundrum. The same technology that promises to solve our most complex global challenges also threatens to disconnect us further from our essential human nature, and the home that we call planet earth. Being alive today is a gigantic…
Poor pricing always comes with a profit margin, whatever the category or product you have. In 2024, returns in ecommerce reached $743 billion, almost 15% of all retail sales in the US. A significant part of these returns would not have happened if priced right.Such errors are not only responsible…
When people leave their jobs, they often give polite reasons: “looking for growth,” “better alignment,” “more flexibility.” But after years of hiring, managing and losing people — some to better opportunities, some to burnout — I’ve come to believe that most job satisfaction boils down to just three things.Everything else…
As Brandon Bailey, founder and CEO of TutorD, built his career in software engineering, he came face-to-face with the “lack of diversity and inclusion” in tech — and he wanted to do something about it.Image Credit: Courtesy of TutorD. Brandon Bailey. Bailey worked at a consultancy in Chicago at the…
On a drab, overcast March day in Amsterdam in 2022, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares took off his face mask and strode onto a makeshift stage to confidently explain to a crowd of journalists and analysts how the company that had recently unified brands as diverse as Fiat, Peugeot, Maserati, Ram,…
The idea of “zombie squirrels” may seem a bit nuts to you. But that’s the term that people have been using to describe what they’ve been seeing in the U.S. and Canada— squirrels with strange, at times bleeding, lumps all over their bodies. These lumps can make them look a…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features New York City-based friends and co-founders Millie Blumka, 31, and Taylor Borenstein, 31. The pair started a side hustle in 2021 called Stakt, an adaptable workout accessories brand.Blumka was a director of brand partnerships at Showfields and Borenstein was a product implementation manager at…
Life is full of minor inconveniences. Most people see them as annoyances, but entrepreneurs see opportunities. Small frustrations can spark ideas that lead to big solutions, and many of the best companies are built by solving problems others overlook.That’s exactly what Dylan Wolff has done with his water conservation startup,…
The Trump family began to tease the launch of World Liberty Financial last August, ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. Initially, it was unclear what services the business would provide; the pitch was simply to “make finance great again.”Since then, World Liberty Financial has launched USD1, a so-called stablecoin…
It’s Saturday at last! Huzzah! Time to enjoy another lovely summer weekend. Hopefully it rains. I know, I’m a broken record on the subject of rain, but it keeps getting all ominously cloudy and then . . . nothing. Such a tease. In any case, let’s solve today’s Wordle! Looking…
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