Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Setha Low on Public Spaces
Having been raised in Los Angeles, a place with vast swathes of single-family homes connected by freeways, arriving in Costa Rica was […]
Why Solana Validator Rewards and Liquid Staking Matter — and how to actually capture them with a browser wallet
Okay, so check this out—Solana’s rewards economy feels like walking into a busy coffee shop and finding a coupon on the floor. […]
Public Health and American Exceptionalism: Part II Raw Milk
‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’ – but not, it seems, in the US. Some years ago, I was at a conference in Madison, […]
Why SPL Tokens, Mobile Wallets, and DeFi on Solana Still Feel Like the Wild West — and How to Navigate It
Whoa! The Solana ecosystem moves fast. Really fast. Here’s the thing. For users who want staking, DeFi, and SPL token management on […]
How Crypto Prediction Markets Are Rewriting the Playbook for DeFi
Mid-thought: markets aren’t just about prices anymore. They’re about collective forecasting — and that changes how we think about risk, incentives, and […]
It’s Silly to Expect AI Will Be Shorn of Human Bias
In July, the United States government made it clear that artificial intelligence (AI) companies wanting to do business with the White House […]
Public Health and American Exceptionalism: Part I – Vaccine Mandates
The hullabaloo over COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the U.S. raises some interesting questions about other areas where public health elites have been […]
2025 National Institutes of Health Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
The annual festival highlights research from across the National Institutes of Health’s Institutes and Centers, offering a broad view of the latest […]
