Technical

What’s a Lab Pod, and how can you get your startup into one?

It’s never simple and rarely inexpensive to launch a startup, but when your startup is science-based and requires using a wet lab for research and development, it can be exponentially more expensive ...
CNN

‘Polar Pod’ floating laboratory will flip onto its side and drift around Antarctica to research the Southern Ocean

The wild waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are one of the planet’s biggest carbon stores. The ocean absorbs around 12% of all carbon dioxide generated by humans each year, but ...
The New York Times

$25,000 Pod Schools: How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic

“This is our emergency fund,” said one parent considering a pod school. “And this is our emergency.” By David Zweig One Sunday afternoon in July, around a dozen parents gathered in a backyard in ...
MediaPost

Tech Lab Unveils CTV Bidding Standard, Includes New Types Of Commercial Pods And Positions

The IAB Tech Lab this morning released a new version of its OpenRTB standards and specification, including features it says will enable the “seamless buying of connected TV (CTV) inventory.” The specs ...
komonews

Lab results show emaciated J-pod orca has parasite, scientists consider treatment options

SEATTLE—New lab results are giving researchers new insight on how to save an emaciated J-pod orca. NOAA released the lab results on Friday from samples collected last weekend, and they offer a new ...