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CEO Picks - The best that international journalism has to offer!  S3This startup wants to fight growing global dengue outbreaks with drones - MIT Technology Review (No paywall)   The scientists were releasing sterile males of the species into communities with high instances of the diseases to mate with females already in the region. It’s a measure intended to curb the females’ reproductive potential, thus leading to fewer mosquitos being born, and ultimately cutting the number of cases of mosquito-borne diseases.At the time, researchers walked or drove through affected neighborhoods, carrying canisters of sterile males and releasing them into areas that they knew were breeding grounds for mosquitoes. But there was one hurdle they couldn’t overcome: getting into the nooks and crannies of the neighborhoods where stagnant water often collects—the pool in an abandoned backyard, the tires out back at the local mechanic’s shop, the plant pots left at cemeteries.
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S2S4Neurology professor Lisa Mosconi: 'Menopause is a renovation project on the brain'  Menopause is a hot topic! What does your book bring that is new?A neuroscience perspective. And it is a part of menopause that's been excluded or not acknowledged clearly. While hot flashes are generally recognised as a side-effect of menopause, most doctors simply won't make the connection with other brain symptoms. But our ovaries are in direct communication with our brain, which is hardwired to respond to the oestrogen and other hormones they produce. And while our ovaries close up shop, our brain needs to keep going. That can bring glitches as our brain adjusts. I am here to say: you're not crazy!What are the main brain symptoms that women experience? And what is going on to give rise to them?Common brain symptoms, in addition to hot flashes and night sweats, include sleep difficulties, low mood, low libido, low energy and cognitive issues like brain fog. Brain-related symptoms seem to occur with greatest intensity during late perimenopause (when periods are skipped for more than six months at a time) and early postmenopause.
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S5How the discovery of dinosaur fossils caused a revolution - The Economist (No paywall)  AN intellectual revolution began in 1811 when Mary Anning, a 12-year-old living in Lyme Regis, a harbour town in south-west England, excavated the first fossil of a marine reptile, the Ichthyosaurus. It culminated in 1881 with the opening of the Natural History Museum in London, imperial capital of the world, by Richard Owen. Those seven decades spanned a change in thinking as profound as that triggered by the astronomers of the late Renaissance—and as disturbing to the established church. (In this case, the threatened church was that of England, not Rome.) Fossils sparked a revelation of biblical proportions: God had not created the world in six days a few thousand years before, as so many believed.
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S6The war in Gaza may topple Hamas without making Israel safer - The Economist (No paywall)  “I WISH I could say we have a very detailed plan,” an Israeli army officer admitted to your correspondent in the chaotic days following Hamas’s brutal assault on southern Israel on October 7th. More than 1,100 people had been killed; some 240 had been dragged back to Gaza as hostages. It was clear from the outset of the war in Gaza, now six months old, that Israel’s two main goals—to eliminate Hamas and to free the hostages—were at odds. It was also clear that invading the territory, in which 2.2m people live cheek by jowl and under which Hamas had built a labyrinth of fortified tunnels to help it withstand an attack, was going to be immensely difficult. And there was always the risk that war in Gaza would spiral into a bigger conflict.
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S7What a Breast Cancer Risk Calculator Can and Can't Tell You  There are two main calculators: the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, also known as the Gail model, and the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment Calculator, also called the IBIS model. Both ask users their age, race, ethnicity, family history of breast cancer, when they first started their periods, and, if they have children, how old they were when they had their first child. All of these factors can influence a person’s risk of breast cancer.
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S8Your Questions About Sodium, Answered  In a 2021 review of 85 clinical trials, for example, scientists looked at what happened to people’s blood pressure when they consumed 400 to 7,600 milligrams of sodium per day. As their consumption increased, the researchers reported, so did their blood pressure. The effect was strongest for people who already had high blood pressure, but the researchers also saw it in people who didn’t.
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S9How a streamer plays video games using only her mind  Gamers love a challenge, but sometimes there isn’t enough challenge in the video games themselves, so they up the ante with all manner of self-imposed dares. Speedrunners finish games in mere minutes that take most players hours. Crafty types have beaten Super Mario 64 using a drum kit and completed Castlevania: Symphony of the Night blindfolded. My son has even cobbled together a working controller out of orange and banana slices.But it’s Twitch streamer Perrikaryal who gets the top spot on the gaming challenges leaderboard. During her streams, Perri plays video games using only her mind. Well, her mind, an electroencephalogram (EEG), and some impressive tinkering.
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S10S11S12S13S14S1540 Years After 'Footloose,' Kevin Bacon Just Agreed to Go to Prom at the High School Where it Was Filmed  Footloose is one of those endearing movies that was popular when it first came out 40 years ago but gets more beloved as time goes on. Maybe it's a generational thing, but it's a movie that pretty much sums up the experience of anyone who grew up as a part of Gen-X. I'm just old enough to have been around when Footloose was popular, but too young to have seen it when it was in theaters. I didn't see it until I was in college, but it still had the same effect. The students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, definitely weren't old enough to remember the movie when it came out, but they do have the unique perspective of attending the school where many of the scenes were shot, including the iconic prom scene. The school is set to be torn down at the end of the year, and a group of students thought it might be cool to see if they could get Kevin Bacon, who played Red McCormack in what is surely one of his most iconic roles, to come back to the school.
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S16This Secret iPhone Feature Will Change the Way You Travel  A fun game you can play is poking around the interface of your iPhone to see what happens. Seriously, just tap on things--sometimes, you come across hidden features you didn't know were there. And, sometimes, those features add a ton of value to things you do on a daily basis. Like this secret feature that makes it super easy to track your flight while you're traveling.There are two reasons I think this is such a great feature. First, if you travel a lot, this is super helpful. More importantly, I think this is such a great example of product design at its best. We'll get to that part in a minute. First, let's talk about the feature.
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S17With 4  At 22, Taylor Swift had already earned six Grammys and amassed millions of fans, accomplishments most singer-songwriters never achieve. So what did Swift tell Esquire magazine in 2012 about her true life's intent?Swift didn't discuss how she wanted to become a billionaire by the time she hit her thirties. She didn't say, "I want to eventually become one of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time," or get on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women, which she has already accomplished.
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S18A Delta Air Lines  The point we're after is that after a long and successful career, sometimes the only way to top things off correctly is with an even better and successful final act. And that's what leads us to the story of Keith Rosenkranz, a Delta Air Lines pilot who decided he wanted his last day before retirement to be especially memorable.No gold watch for him (well, at least not that I'm aware of); instead, Rosenkranz spent the rough equivalent of a year's salary to charter a Delta Air Lines jet, and then fly it to Hawaii himself with 112 guests as passengers.
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S1910 Execution Shortcuts on the Path to Business and Career Success  Businesses always seem to take longer to succeed than a new owner expects. Seth Godin once said that overnight success in startups takes about six years, and Seth is an optimist. Thus we all look for shortcuts. Execution shortcuts would be hidden strategies to achieve the endgame sooner, without losing 40 to 60 percent of the financial potential along the way.The short answer is that there is no magic. But there is consensus from the experts that human dynamics are more the key and the problem, rather than any particular business strategy or tactic. The classic book, The Execution Shortcut, by Jeroen De Flander, a well-respected writer and speaker on business strategy execution, offers some good insights and examples.
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