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Why Do You Get A Fever?

Higher temperatures cause enzymes to work better to fight and infection, while the bacteria and viruses slow down in high temperatures. Through evolution your body learned to raise the temperature in order to help it fight these things.


Why Is My Newsletter Open Rate So Low?

Click-tracking software puts an invisible pixel at the end of the newsletter template, but Gmail will partially hide your email if the content is too long and require the user to click-through in order to download and see the rest of the message, therefore never triggering tracking for emails that were not fully opened. If you have a newsletter and are seeing very low click-through rates, this might be the case, and your solution is to redesign the template to fit within Google's limits.


How Can We Cope With Climate Change?

We need new ways to generate power. We need new and better ways to cope with poverty, wars, and diseases. We need many things in order to keep and maintain the world as a better place, but nothing else will matter if we fail to protect the ocean. Our fate and the ocean are one.


Could Silicon Valley's Success Be The Cause For Its Downfall?

While the economy is doing well, people in technology circles fall under a false impression that technology is the answer to all of humanity's problems and they, tech founders and employees, are the winners. This notion is then further reinforced by the groups outside of the Valley who are cheering for tech and associated growth, making people in the bubble feel right. This newly acquired empowerment and wealth then turn tech people's focus on attaining more wealth, instead of solving problem they'd originally set out to solve, and as a result, cause their long-term success to dwindle.


What Is Your Super Power?

Mubs says that he truly does not need a lot of sleep. Once the kids are in bed and the day job is done, he is able to stay up and work into the night, 2-3 in the morning, then get some sleep and be up again at 6am to start it all over again.


Do You Know Wordpress?

Today it powers 30% of all websites in the world, and it is easy to think think that Matt, the founder, had it all figured out in the early day. In reality, WordPress was just a part time project, while he was going to school. Unbelievable, but true!


How Should V Cs Think About Investing In Biotech Startups?

Biology and pharmaceuticals are interesting investments, but they take too much time, too much money, and the risk is very high.

One way to win is by focusing on software, and creating a solution that is complementary to the field, but that does not have to suffer from above mentioned problems.


Can You Make Money Through Goodwill ?

Steli tells a story of a taylor who started making face coverings for medical staff during the start of Covid19. He knew doctors and nurses were short on supplies and he had the tools and knowledge to help. Because of his good work, happy recipients sent thank you cards, which in turn helped him to get new business selling masks to local residents. At the end, he did good for the people, and made money for himself.


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