Genetic-sequencing companies are going beyond ancestry and disease risk to offer specific lifestyle recommendations.
Source: Can Your DNA Tell You the Healthiest Way to Live Your Life?
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The 50 Smartest Companies of 2017 might not be what you think
Our editors pick the 50 companies that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model.
Source: The 50 Smartest Companies of 2017 might not be what you think
I went on a hunter-gatherer diet to improve my gut health—and it worked
Mounting evidence suggests that a richer, more diverse community of microbes in your gut lowers your risk of disease.
Source: I went on a hunter-gatherer diet to improve my gut health—and it worked
In the knowledge economy, we need a Netflix of education
With as much as half of all current jobs going away in the next 10-12 years, let’s adopt the following mission: making learning accessible and feasible for..
Source: In the knowledge economy, we need a Netflix of education
Returning to bioprospecting, anthropology, crowdsourcing for new antibiotics
“Compost bin. Pig trough. Dog-food bowl. Laptop keyboard.”
Source: Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places
This rigorous college teaches everyone the liberal arts canon, fostering creativity, critical thinking, adaptibility and collaboration
As David Brooks of the New York Times recently wrote, the college has the “courage to be distinct.”
Source: The most forward-thinking college in America teaches every student the exact same stuff
The US government’s websites are so unreadable they actually break their own laws
Government websites are violating the US Plain Writing Act with puzzling prose
Source: The US government’s websites are so unreadable they actually break their own laws
