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The invisible hand needs a conscience

Capitalism’s invisible hand can create wealth. It cannot decide what we owe one another.

Fortune · 1h ago

Does your sleep tracker get it right? A Pittsburgh neuroscientist weighs in

On a typical night, I go to bed wearing a tracking watch on one wrist and another type of tracker on the other wrist. Then I compare their sleep findings while I drink my morning coffee.

The Conversation · Oct 6

Biggest ever university donation: Ken Griffin gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon, will become member of board of trustees

No university in the history of US education has received such a donation until Citadel founder Ken Griffin pledged an unprecedented $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Part of the money will go towards making a new campus in Miami where Griffin stays and the rest will be for the…

The Times of India · Sep 30

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money to be used to start a new campus in Miami that will focus on societal challenges

The Independent UK · Sep 30

At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being transformed into new neighborhoods, research centers and technology hubs.

The Conversation · Sep 17

28 unseen Andy Warhol digital artworks from 1985 recovered from old Amiga floppy disks

In 1985, Andy Warhol experimented with digital art on an Amiga computer for a Commodore International commission. Nearly 30 years later, researchers recovered 28 previously unseen images from ageing floppy disks at The Andy Warhol Museum. The files had been trapped in an obsolete format and included works featuring Campbell’s…

The Times of India · Sep 14

At 15, he won $500 building a drone; today, Bengaluru teen founder runs a $50 million aerospace startup

Naman Pushp began experimenting with drones as a teenager during the 2020 lockdown, winning $500 at a hackathon and reinvesting the money into his first prototype. At 21, he now leads Bengaluru-based Airbound, which has raised $37 million in Series A funding and nearly $50 million overall. The startup is…

The Economic Times · Sep 4

Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests

Baboons and macaques appear to use some of the same mental strategies as humans when matching shapes, suggesting that the foundations of geometry evolved in a common ancestor.

LiveScience · Jul 29

10 Photos of Tom Cruise's Daughter Suri as She Legally Drops His Surname

Public records confirm Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri is now legally known as Suri Noelle. Here's what led to the name change and what she's doing now.

International Business Times UK · Jul 28

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s daughter Suri, 20, drops estranged father’s last name

Suri, who is attending university in Pennsylvania, reportedly made the legal change to her surname after first going by her mother’s middle name in 2024

The Independent UK · Jul 28