At BNL, an energetic history of medical innovation
By TOM MARINER // Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory is a national treasure operating at the forefront of energy science – but it’s also made profound contributions to medical sciences. One…
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No. 673: Giving you some lip, with healthcare innovation, artichokes and a heartfelt St. Patrick’s Day blessing
May the road rise up to meet you: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we travel the long and exciting road of socioeconomic innovation straight through another busy workweek….
Sometimes, innovation’s apple falls close to the tree
By TOM MARINER // A tireless leader, real innovation, deep devotion among staff – these are the hallmarks of many successful tech firms headquartered on Long Island. But let’s not…
No. 661: Crispy tots crunch, the NL plays ball, Tim Sini lands on his feet – and we crepe you out, just a bit
Deuces wild: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of February 2022 – making this 2/2/22, of course, a wild day indeed…
No. 650: Pursuing trivia, speaking Esperanto and exploring alien habitats – with masks required, sadly
Yule get there: Just 10 more days until Christmas, intrepid innovators, and you don’t need a calculator to know that makes it Dec. 15 out there. It’s also Wednesday…
Time passes, but some hiring principles never change
By TOM MARINER // Tom’s three rules of employment: Hire great people Tell them what you do Get the hell out of the way Although an obvious simplification that ignores…
No. 638: Founding fathers, all-American brews and worldwide workspaces – plus, the podcast from hell
Storm warning(s): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of a tempestuous late-October workweek, with not one but two nor’easters set to soak the East Coast. Undaunted, we…
To their credit, they enabled modern card transactions
By TOM MARINER // Today, it couldn’t be easier: Wheel your cart to the checkout, stick your debit card into the reader, punch in your PIN and done. The merchant…
No. 626: A saga of survival, ‘extinct’ beasts and delish double cheeseburgers, directed by Oliver Stone
Striking the proper atone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint – for some – of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation. To our readers of the Jewish…
No. 614: In which chips fall, champagne flows, Molloy shines and the NFL comes to Nassau Community College
Cool runnings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we enjoy a remarkably mild stretch of summertime weather, but nonetheless sweat out another week of red-hot innovation. Young at heart:…
Despite innovations, LI wasn’t always a biotech hotbed
By TOM MARINER // Long Island is recognized as a burgeoning biotech corridor now, though its past biotech efforts “flied under the radar” – despite the region giving birth to…
No. 604: Classic stories, emergency preparedness and true flights of fancy, with energy to spare
Just our type: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we sweat out the first workweek of the Summer of 2021. Before we begin, although this e-newsletter was obviously written…
When videogame history called, Player One was ready
By TOM MARINER // Videogame sales are a $179 billion industry these days, more revenue than the global movie ($100 billion) and North American sports ($75 billion) industries combined. Names…
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…
Game on: From entrepreneur to Emmy to world’s best
By TOM MARINER // Those “closed captioning” sentences that scroll across your screen, and on screens around the world – they mostly come from a firm called EEG Enterprises, based…