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What is 'problematic smartphone use' and should we worry about it? - New Scientist (No paywall) Two studies have linked "problematic smartphone use" to higher rates of anxiety, depression and insomnia among teenagers, but the researchers haven't shown that excessively using such devices directly causes these issues
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WorkHow to reduce plastic in your kitchen - Lifestyle (No paywall)
 Scientists have known for years now that plastic is extremely harmful to human health and the planet. Yet, companies continue to make items with synthetic polymers (aka plastic) because of how easy and affordable it is. As a result, many people are still using a ton of plastic in their homes without even realizing it—and some of the most toxic items are lurking right in their own kitchens. Work
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WorkA riot in Southport shows how the British far right is changing - The Economist (No paywall)
IT WAS AN ugly moment in a traumatic week. Sir Keir Starmer had come to visit the site of a horrific knife attack that had taken place on July 29th in Southport in which three children had been killed and ten others injured. By the time the prime minister arrived in the seaside town in north-west England the next day, conspiracy theories had been swirling online for hours. An angry mob heckled him as he lay flowers. “Get the truth out,” one yelled.
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Work4 takeaways from STAT's story on the development of malaria vaccines - STAT (No paywall)
For the first time, the world is starting to roll out malaria vaccines to children in sub-Saharan Africa. The story of the development of those vaccines, a decades-long effort that stretched from labs in New York, England, and Belgium to clinical research sites in a number of African countries, is detailed in a STAT special report published Thursday. Work
WorkHow Grocery Stores Should Respond to the Growth of Online Markets - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
During 2020-21 online grocery shopping soared from 3.4% to double digits as Covid-19 made customers reluctant to go into stores. Post Covid, online grocery shopping is still high, forecasted by Forrester (2021) to hit 10.4% in 2024. How will grocery retailers service this new demand stream? What they should not do is continue the common model of picking from their store shelves for free if the customer picks up the order. Compared to customers shopping in the store and going through checkout, the authors’ analysis shows that this more than doubles labor requirements and destroys all profit. Instead, they need to choose one of three models: 1) Double down on the traditional in-store model 2) Offer online services to those specific customers who are ready to pay extra for the convenience, either as service charges or higher product prices 3) Become more efficient at online by fulfilling from select store backrooms using automation. WorkHow to Scale a Start-Up - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Managing rapid growth is a huge challenge for young businesses. Even start-ups with glowing reviews and skyrocketing sales can fail. That’s because new ventures and corporate initiatives alike must sustain profitability at scale, according to Harvard Business School senior lecturer Jeffrey Rayport.
WorkResearch: Resume Gaps Still Matter - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Without knowing the details of a person’s history, employers rely on signals of quality to make bets on who will make quality employees with a strong organizational fit. Resume gaps used to be clear negative signals, but attitudes seem to be changing today. For example, LinkedIn recently adopted a new “Career Breaks” feature in which users can showcase skills acquired during a professional pause. While tempting to declare the present day a new age of tolerance and compassion, a deeper analysis suggests it might be wise to take a more guarded perspective, as the reality of the post-pandemic labor market is still unfolding. Drawing on both current studies as well as executive compensation data from the 2008 Great Recession period, the authors show that resume gaps hurt job seekers, both in their ability to get jobs and their pay. Work WorkWorkHow to Prevent or Delay Dementia
More than 10 million people around the world develop dementia each year. And many people assume there’s nothing they can do to avoid that fate—that dementia is “one of these things that just happens,” says Gill Livingston, a professor in the department of brain sciences at University College London. WorkCould a Crypto App Be the Answer for Struggling Restaurants?
Since the pandemic upended dining habits, full-service restaurants have struggled to bring people back to their tables. Last year, about 4,500 more independent restaurants closed than opened, suffering from rising costs, shrinking margins, and an increasing preference from consumers for fast-food or delivery. WorkSamuel Alito thinking about retirement: report
Alito is said to have lost two votes this past term, according to CNN. He also faced backlash for his household flying an upside-down U.S. flag, which has been associated with the "Stop the Steal" campaign aimed at overturning President Joe Biden's 2020 election win. WorkWorkWhy Anthropic's Web Crawlers Have Been 'Hammering' Websites - Inc.com (No paywall)
Entrepreneurs behind popular websites including iFixit, Read the Docs, and Freelancer.com claim to have experienced disruptive traffic booms from bots designed by AI startup Anthropic to scour the web for training data. These web crawlers, created by the San Francisco-based company, are said to have stretched some businesses' online bandwidth to the limit, even disregarding instructions to ignore specific websites. WorkMicrosoft says OpenAI is now a competitor in AI and search
In March, Nadella brought on Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of DeepMind, an AI research company that predated OpenAI and was acquired by Google in 2014. Suleyman, who had co-founded and led startup Inflection AI, was named CEO of a new unit called Microsoft AI, and several Inflection employees joined him. WorkPBMs aren't opening access to lower-cost biosimilars. Reform is needed now
The Biden administration, Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, and others need to do everything in their power to address the anti-competitive behaviors of the PBM monopoly and control over the medicines people can access. Time is of the essence: every day without reform deepens the affordability crisis for Americans dealing with a convoluted, misaligned system for their prescription drugs. WorkWorkWill a new colon cancer blood test replace your colonoscopy? - Science (No paywall)
With colon cancer the second largest cancer killer in the United States, experts have long urged eligible adults to undergo regular screenings, but many avoid them because they are unpleasant, invasive, and time-consuming. That’s why it’s big news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first blood test screening option, allowing people to check for colon cancer in a similar way doctors assess their cholesterol and blood sugar. WorkThe Middle East must step back from the brink - The Economist (No paywall)
A WEEK can be a long time in war. Until July 27th there was growing optimism that Israel and Hamas were close to a ceasefire that would halt their ten-month conflict. Diplomats and spies from four countries planned to hash out the details at a meeting in Rome. Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, said the talks were “inside the ten-yard line”. Israelis and Palestinians might not have followed the American-football metaphor, but many shared his sentiment. WorkThe Kamala Harris effect on the polls has been dramatic - The Economist (No paywall)
Joe Biden had been one of the most unpopular presidents to seek re-election since the advent of modern polling. In April 2023, when he declared his intention to run for a second term, some 41% of Americans said they approved of him. More than a year later, after his disastrous debate performance and calls from high-profile members of his own party for him to step aside, his approval rating sank to an all-time low of 37%. WorkWorkGiorgia Villa's Cheesiest Posts: Italian Gymnast Sponsored by Parmesan
Together with her five teammates in Paris on Tuesday, the 21-year-old secured Italy’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics in nearly a century during the women’s all-around artistic final, which Team USA won. But beyond her athletic accomplishment, it’s her unusual sponsorship deal that the internet is gushing over. WorkHow Iran could strike back at Israel
While Israeli officials have declined request for comment regarding their alleged involvement in the killing of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh early Tuesday, the attack comes amid a war raging between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a growing region-wide crisis that has increasingly drawn in both the United States and Iran, along with its Axis of Resistance allies. WorkWorkTrump Remarks on Harris Evoke a Haunting and Unsettling History
The moment was shocking, but for those who have followed Mr. Trump’s divisive language, it was hardly surprising. The former president has a history of using race to pit groups of Americans against one another, amplifying a strain of racial politics that has risen as a generation of Black politicians has ascended. WorkThunderstorms in Omaha Leave Thousands Without Power
Neal Bonacci, a spokesman for the Omaha Police Department, said that the storm had felled many tree branches, and that there were reports of minor damages to homes. No injuries had been reported so far, he added. WorkIran's Options for Retaliation Risk Escalating Middle East Crisis
Behind all of those options is perhaps the riskiest choice of all: whether Iran decides to take the final step toward building an actual nuclear weapon. For decades it has walked right up to the line, producing nuclear fuel and in recent years enriching it to near bomb-grade levels. But American intelligence assessments say the country has always stopped short of an actual weapon, a decision Iranian leaders have publicly been reconsidering in recent months. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkOpinion | My Fellow Republicans: Stop the Trash Talk
Donald Trump has led in the polls, and his return to the White House has seemed almost inevitable — and not only because Joe Biden was until recently his opponent. Americans are hungry for change. Under the Biden-Harris administration they have seen interest rates skyrocket. Housing prices have risen drastically. Families are struggling to pay their credit card debt and buy groceries. Those kitchen table issues have a real impact on millions of Americans. WorkOpinion | Sonya Massey's Killing Is Black America's Sorrow
At a news conference on Tuesday at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago’s West Side, Ben Crump, an attorney for Massey’s family, said “many people said she had a premonition” because when the officers arrived she repeatedly said, “Please, God,” she asked one of the officers to grab her Bible and one of the last things she said before she was shot was, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” WorkDemocrats underestimate Trump, retired US general Wesley Clark warns
“But you also have a divergence in the in the ranks of veterans because you have a number of African Americans and minority members. I don’t think they’re going to be inclined to vote for Mr Trump. So, hard to say, but my guess is the veterans vote on the whole will be maybe 55 to 60% against Trump.” WorkWorkWorkWorkRising rates of skin cancer: The cost of FDA's inaction on novel sunscreen products
Darrell Rigel, M.D., is a clinical professor of dermatology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, a consultant dermatologist at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, and the former president of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Academy of Dermatology Association, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and the American Dermatological Association. These views expressed here are the author’s alone and not necessarily official positions of these organizations. WorkWorkThe health care records of 5 leading candidates to be Harris' VP
Sarah Owermohle reports on the administration’s health care initiatives, federal health policy, and its intersection with politics and the courts. She joined STAT in 2022 after covering health policy at Politico. She is also the co-author of the free, twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. WorkWorkWhat Can a City Do When Neo-Nazis Start Marching Down Its Streets?
White supremacists have appeared in Nashville before and have increasingly promoted racist and antisemitic messages across the country. Those include plotting to riot at a Pride event in Idaho, disrupting city council meetings in New England and protesting at the opening New York performances of “Parade,” a musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man in the South. |
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