No. 592: On NORAD, nursing and nutty fudge, and a path for computerized collegians
Hyvää keskiviikkoa! And a happy Wednesday to you, dear reader – not just the Day of the Finnish Identity, of course, but the midpoint of this latest exciting week…
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
No. 591: Keep on trekking – to the stars, the Victorian Era and the global home of bioelectronic breakthroughs
Yes, you May: Welcome, dear readers, to the first Friday in May, and the warm and sunny conclusion of another busy workweek (at least here on Long Island). In…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
No. 586: On Red Barons, Red democracy and socioeconomic red alerts – and a true labor of love
Trials, other tribulations: The Chauvin murder trial may be over (for now), but socioeconomic challenges still abound – and our relentless innovation mission continues, dear readers, as we muscle…
No. 576: Drones fly, Cokes flow and methane reaches a critical mass – plus, a real Hitchcockian thriller
Greetings, Supreme Leader: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we celebrate another workweek conquered, another weekend earned and all kinds of exciting progress on our never-ending quest for socioeconomic…
LI biotech veterans attacking COVID from unique angle
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing an early-stage Kings Park biotech’s quest for non-antibiotic-based COVID-19 treatments. CMTx Biotech has non-antimicrobials in its sights and a…
No. 566: Down, set, hike! It’s your Super Bowl newsletter, with Edison, Atari and teams of healthcare heroes
Is that all you got? If chaotic 2020 couldn’t stop us, one itty-bitty blizzard stood no chance – and so, here we are, dear readers, another wintry workweek conquered,…
No. 565: Carrot cakes, tax breaks and literal lightbulb moments – plus, how to keep cancer on the ropes
Digging out: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the other side of the Blizzard of 2021, a school-closing, industry-snarling, vaccination-halting, long-time-coming reminder of what Long Island winters can do,…
No. 562: Neurons, Paris and polka dots – and that time Apple took down Big Brother
Well, THAT was exciting: Not just another week, dear readers, but certainly one more workweek in the books, as we reach Friday and the precipice of a well-earned winter…
Seeing is remembering (or, you light up my neurons)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Straight from the fusiform gyrus (bridging the bases of the temporal and occipital lobes) comes the human brain’s innate ability to recognize faces, a fairly mysterious…
No. 560: Do you ever have déjà vu? Or loose change? Or bagels? Or déjà vu?
Stay tuned: You made it, dear reader – the end of another weak-in-the-knees workweek, with deadly pandemics and everything else overshadowed by the sickening schism in our nation’s capital….
No. 554: Indiana arrives, Concordes soar, Hofstra picks a prez and Adelphi goes to the Grammys
The end is nigh: And nobody’s complaining, dear reader, as we wrap up this blustery workweek and anticipate a weekend of bustling holiday shopping – or what passes for…
No. 545: Hanging with Cronkite, King Tut and Long Island particle physicists, as the smoke clears
Is it over? Not quite, dear readers – but the voting is done, there’s a hard stop on those miserable campaign commercials and the endless election signs blockin’ out…
No. 542: Earth, Smurfs and the iPod all begin – and so does a new era in Bay Shore
No argument here: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we recover from another debilitating debate night – hopefully, the last we’ll ever see like that – and wrap up…
No. 526: Chancellors chosen, schools cleared and Cro-Magnon man unearthed – and it all goes to the dogs
Cooler heads prevail: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, midpoint of another warm workweek – good news from the weather desk, though, which promises this latest heatwave breaks today. Stay…