Scientists have turned spinach into biological sensors that email environmental alerts

Fast Company February 4, 2021

You’ve got mail: It’s from your spinach, and it’s warning you about the arsenic in your soil.

When it grows in a field, most spinach just sits there, absorbing light and nutrients and growing leaves. A new, engineered version of spinach does quite a bit more: It can detect dangerous levels of arsenic in the soil and then send a signal to a nearby cell phone to warn a farmer. It’s one example of a “nanobionic” sensor: plants that are being developed to serve as biological warning tools, not food.

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Apple Watches can help track Parkinson’s disease symptoms

Researchers at Apple, working with specialists who treat Parkinson’s, have designed a system that uses the Apple Watch to monitor tremors and other involuntary movements.

Stat February 3, 2021

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5 inventive meeting formats to encourage more diverse discussions

Here’s how to make all the members of your team, no matter their background, comfortable in meetings.
When asked to describe how they feel about meetings, many professionals will use the same language: “boring,” “inefficient,” and “unproductive.” While these descriptors may ring true for some, they do not ring true for all. For some, meetings aren’t boring—they’re stressful. They aren’t inefficient—they’re isolating. They aren’t unproductive—they’re confusing.Read Full Story

Fast Company February 10, 2021

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STAT+: 4 steps for AI developers to build trust in their clinical tools

“There may be a system that on Monday gives a certain answer and on Thursday, as the algorithms are refined, gives a different one. What’s the right way to communicate…

Stat January 13, 2021

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Try this creative tactic to improve an idea or hone your pitch

In “Backable,” author Suneel Gupta says don’t simply ask “What do you think?” Instead, stage an exhibition match.
After explaining an idea to a friend, I’ll often ask them to explain it back to me. Not only does that help me understand whether the idea is landing, but it also helps me pick up new ways to explain it. When I first thought about writing this book, the bestselling author Dan Pink listened to my pitch and then explained it back to me, only far more eloquently. “People who get ahead aren’t just brilliant . . . they’re backable,” he said.Read Full Story

Fast Company February 23, 2021

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