Scientists are experimenting with plastic-eating bacteria and people are worried. We know ocean plastic is a problem, but is unleashing a bacteria that could eat it really a good idea? What if it eats what it isn’t supposed to? It turns out the real promise of this tech isn’t dropping it into the ocean to let it
Continue reading »
As the health risks of vaping increasingly come to light, some people are literally throwing their juuls out of windows just to quit. Vaping had been soaring in popularity as recently as earlier this year, but several media reports about the adverse health implications of vaping have burst that bubble. This was a product that got popularized
Continue reading »
I remember being a new dad and working full time at a marketing agency. Like any working parent, I struggled to find a balance. This week a parenting site called DaddiLife conducted a survey of 2000 working millennial dads in the UK and found that companies are falling far short in giving dads the flexibility
Continue reading »
The first time I wrote about trends, I was inspired by bullshit. I remember reading an article with a headline that promised “5 Trends That Will Change The Future.” The first trend on the list was “Mobile Usage Will Continue To Rise.” That was the moment when I understood deeply why so many people mistrust
Continue reading »
This week the dual themes of selfishness and unselfishness emerged in the stories I’m sharing below. On the selfish side – Instagrammers sharing tone deaf posts about the Bahamas, a study finding a disturbing portion of America simply wants to destroy things and the dire side effects of Amazon’s quest for faster delivery. On the
Continue reading »
