Safari Live - Day 42 | National Geographic

At the end of the Korean War, The New York Times published a gripping story detailing how returning American soldiers may have been converted by communist brainwashers. The story became widely popular. Some troops were allegedly confessing to war crimes, …

These have been having a rough time for the last 10-12 years, and so National Geographic asked me, “Can you do a story about honeybees?” This is one of the most well-studied organisms, well-photographed organisms. Like, how am I supposed to drop in out of…

Mark Andreessen summarizes this nicely as “strong opinions loosely held.” So, as a society, if you’re truth-seeking, you want to have strong opinions but very loosely held. You want to try them, see if they work, and then error-correct if they don’t. But…

Do you own the music that you listen to? If you collect vinyl records or just happen to still have CDs laying around, then you do. But the majority of us in 2023 rely on subscription services like Spotify or Apple Music to borrow the music we enjoy. What…

When we look out into the cosmos for alien life, many folks look for signs of water on moons or planets. That’s because life, as we know it, is dependent on water. To understand that, we just have to take a closer look at some of the properties of water. …

Good morning to you guys who are here live, but good day to everyone who is viewing this class online. Welcome to Y Combinator’s second annual massively open online course, Startup School. So, I’m Jeff Ralston, I’m a partner here at Y Combinator and one o…