Programming Electronics Academy
What is a Breakout Board for Arduino?
If you have been learning about Arduino for any amount of time, than you have probably come across the term Breakout Board. Now, you might think, as I did when I first heard about breakout boards, that they were some fixture for...
Healthcare Triage
That Pricey New Alzheimer's Drug? Still Not Great
We really need good treatments for Alzheimer's. But Biogen's very expensive and maybe not that effective drug Aduhelm is not the treatment we're looking for. Today we look at the saga of Adulhelm's approval and it's road to acceptance...
Healthcare Triage
It Turns Out, Medicare IS Socialized Medicine.
Florida Governor Rick Scott tries to scare voters by claiming that Democrats are going to undertake socialist experiments with Medicare, which is in itself a socialized medicine program. Also, a surprising entrant into the opioid...
Curated Video
Greece, Kos Island
The name Kos is first attested in the Iliad, and has been in continuous use since. Other ancient names include Meropis, Cea, In many Romance languages, Kos was formerly known as Stancho, and in Ottoman and modern Turkish it is known as...
US Department of Agriculture
Cleaner Water and Nutrient Credits
A Virginia farmer is converting pasture land to trees, to create a nutrient credit bank to offset the impacts of construction in the state.
Curated Video
Solving Multistep Word Problems with Charts
In this video, students are taught how to solve confusing word problems by making a chart. The teacher guides them through two examples, one involving calculating the cost of an entrance ticket for a field trip and the other involving...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Can we abandon the biological account of mental illness?
From schizophrenia to depression we assume our psychiatric diagnoses are real. But as the mental health epidemic turns global, the categories now seem like the cause. Is it time to abandon our biological account of mental illness? Or is...
Let's Tute
Closing Stock
This session will give us a broad understanding of the importance of closing stock. We will go through the following points : 1. Meaning & Introduction 2. Stock Ledger 3. FIFO Method / Weighted Average Method 4. Recording Closing Stock
Curated Video
Solving Multistep Word Problems with Two Equations
In this video, the teacher explains how to solve multistep word problems by writing two equations. They guide students through various scenarios, such as calculating change after buying items, determining how much money is left after...
Healthcare Triage
Premiums for CHIP and Medicaid Lead to Lower Enrollment and Uninsured Kids
I have written before about the use of premiums in Medicaid programs across the United States. But a new study in Pediatrics collects the evidence, and it's worth a look. "Medicaid and CHIP Premiums and Access to Care: A Systematic...
Financial Times
How far will electric transport take us?
When it comes to getting from A to B, the future is electric. From autonomous cars in tomorrow's smart cities, to e-scooters and flying taxis, the FT's Daniel Garrahan looks at just how far electricity will take us.
Curated Video
Pricing Strategies for Businesses: Understanding the Factors Involved
In this video, the speaker discusses the complexities of deciding the appropriate price for a product. They explain that various factors must be taken into account, such as the product's stage in its life cycle, overall business...
ACDC Leadership
The Shut Down Rule- Old Version
My 60 second explanation of the shut down rule. When the price falls below AVC a firm should shut down and produce nothing. It is better for them to take their fixed costs as a loss then to continue to produce.
TLDR News
Economics of Royalty: Is the Royal Family a Waste of Money? - TLDR News
After a week of controversy surrounding the Royal Family, we thought it was worth discussing one of the core debates related to them - are they good value for money. So in this video, we discuss how the Royal Family are paid for and the...
Sustainable Business Consulting
The Importance of Marketing and Being Authentic
Discusses the current state of consumer buying power and why it is so important to leverage your sustainability performance and avoid greenwashing
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wendy Brown on Education.
Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...
Curated Video
Determining the Best Deal: Comparing Equations for Proportional Relationships
In this video, students learn how to determine the best deal by comparing equations that represent the proportional relationship between the total cost and the number of items. They are taught to find the unit cost by dividing the total...
Curated Video
3D printing prosthetic limbs for refugees
3D-printed prosthetic limbs are being tested by Médecins Sans Frontières to help people who have lost limbs in the war in Syria. The new technology is cheaper and faster than conventional methods and could revolutionise treatment of...
PBS
Why You NEED an Emergency Fund!
It may not be flashy or exciting, but an EMERGENCY FUND is the foundation your financial health is built upon.
Healthcare Triage
The Benefits of Paid Sick Leave for Workers, Employers, and Pretty Much Everybody
Maybe the person working near you, the one who dragged himself to work and is now coughing and sneezing, couldn't afford to stay home. Each week about 1.5 million Americans without paid sick leave go to work despite feeling ill. At least...
The Business Professor
Clean Air Act - New Source Performance Standards and New Source Review
Clean Air Act - New Source Performance Standards and New Source Review
TLDR News
£222 Billion: The Cost of Brexit So Far? - Brexit Explained
In the last few weeks, there have been a number of articles and posts claiming that Brexit has cost the UK more since the referendum than all of the membership fees it's ever paid the EU. As much as that might be an appealing argument to...
PBS
Insta-Everything
Time is money...right? How are on-demand services hurting and helping our wallets? When is it an investment to use these services?
Financial Times
Charts That Count: sovereign debt is protein, not dessert
Brendan Greeley says economists have started talking more openly about sovereign debt. For example, if a country's nominal growth rate is higher than its cost of debt, it might make sense to borrow.