On her wedding day, Nicole Poulos called out to her photographer, Abbi Hearne. Hey! Will you come to the little girl’s room with me?
Finds Stories. Writes Them.
Finding the truth behind funny
When Robert Provine first decided to study laughter a little more than two decades ago, he developed a very simple protocol: He would invite people into the lab, present them with videos of the best comedy sketches available, and record their laughter. It didn’t work.
Hello & Goodbye
The word “endangered” has allowed humans to feel detached from the effects we are having on other animals.
WSGR’s Norviel has this IP advice for synthetic biology startups
“Biology is messy,” Vern Norviel, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati says. “And that drives everything in the biotech world.”
The open road
If it wasn’t for the curved roof or the large steering wheel and driver’s seat in the front, Rob and Robing Schannep could be standing in a luxury apartment in Brooklyn.
Three e-commerce insights from the holiday season
Originally published for Affirm.com on January 17th, 2019.
The history of underwriting and its present problems
The word underwriting came from the simple act of writing your name under the amount agreed you wanted to borrow.
Mind the gap
The commonly cited statistic that women make 7 cents for every dollar earned by a man feels antiquated and from a different time.
Synthetic biology and the brain: Bryan Johnson and Ed Boyden on The Neobiological Revolution
The second day of SynBioBeta 2018 started off in a big way, with NEO.LIFE founder Jane Metcalfe moderating the keynote fireside chat “Neuroscience and synthetic biology: The neobiological revolution.”
Nine classic brands with millennials followings
Marketing to millennials is the retail industry’s white whale.
Jesse Klein 