BusinessVanMoof X3 e-Bike Review: Transportation Revelation Like some of the best consumer technology of the last decade, I didn’t know I needed an e-bike until I was alone, the bike lane…
PsychologyParasite Infection could help development of Treatments for Mental Disorders New research into the effects of common parasite infection on human behavior could aid in the development of treatments for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.…
BusinessTumblr’s Parent Company is Buying Popular Podcast App Pocket Casts Pocket Casts will soon be a new home. Tumblr and the parent company of WordPress.com are buying a podcast app for media radio groups, including…
BusinessThe Head of Citi Ventures on how, and why, to leverage Corporate Venture Arms Like his At our inaugural stage event, we had a long talk with Arvind Purushotham, Managing Director and Global Head of Citi Ventures, about how startups should…
BusinessServiceMax Promises Accelerating Growth as Key to $1.4B SPAC Deal Service Max, the company that makes software for the field service industry, announced yesterday that it would be unveiled in a $1.4 billion deal through…
MedicalResearchers Develop a Technique to Visualize and Control the Neural Activities that Underlie Behavior Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have developed a novel molecular switch that can turn neurons on or off. The scientists used the…
ChemistrySolketal – a Protected Form of Glycerol Solketal is a protected form of glycerol that contains an isopropylidene acetal group that connects two adjacent hydroxyl groups. Because solketal has a chiral center…
AstronomyDiscovery of Long-period Oscillations in the Sun A group of solar physicists reported the discovery of global Sun oscillations with very long periods, comparable to the 27-day solar rotation period. At the…
GeographyMarsala Island, Trapani, Italy Marsala (Italian pronunciation: marˈsaːla; Sicilian: Maissala, pronounced – maɪsˈsaːla; Latin: Lilybaeum), is a town in western Sicily; it is located on the Boeo Cape, also…
FinanceSterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (SONIA) The Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (SONIA) is the effective overnight interest rate paid by banks on unsecured loans in British sterling. It indicates the…
AstronomyBlack Hole-neutron Star Mergers are detected for the First Time by Astronomers A long time ago, in two galaxies about 900 million light-years apart, two black holes each devoured their neutron star companions, causing gravitational waves to…
FinanceInterbank Market The interbank market is a market where big privately held banks trade foreign currency. It’s the top-tier foreign exchange market, where banks trade various currencies.…