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Brain Matters Our brains contain roughly 86 billion brain cells • In general, men’s brains are 10% bigger than women’s. However, the hippocampus, the part of the brain most strongly linked with memory, is typically larger in women • Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. It doesn’t get “used up” like RAM in your computer. The latest research shows that the brain’s memory capacity is a petabyte, or a quadrillion bytes … about the same amount needed to store the entire internet.
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By Luckbox
|YouTube’s Beast Mode Jimmy Donaldson, better known to his 136 million YouTube subscribers as MrBeast, became the medium’s all-time top earner when he raked in $54 million in 2021. The… -
Taking Stock in Big Pharma
|Billionaire Mark Cuban wants to pull the pharmaceutical industry up by the roots and plant something new. In the next issue, Luckbox leans in with Cuban for details on how… -
Are You Ready to Get Active?
|History suggests the convergence of a recession (yes, we’re in one) and inflation (no, it’s not transitory) and Fed tightening (six hikes so far this year, 3.75% in all) typically… -
The Last Picture
|A Pretty Safe Prediction U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen isn’t the only one seemingly in the dark about inflation. The whole world’s wondering when the pain will end and what’s… -
Politics, Policy, the Markets & the Midterms
|As Americans prepare to cast their ballots in the midterm elections, the November issue of Luckbox digs into policy, politics and voting reforms. We’ll explore the ways open primaries give… -
The Business of Education
|College students protested in front of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., earlier this year, calling for President Joe Biden to abolish all student loan debt by executive… -
Retro Reboot
|What’s with the nation’s ongoing fascination with the past? Americans tend to treat just about anything retro as an iconic piece of history worth remembering, exploring and embracing. They’re not… -
The LAST Picture
By Luckbox
|Tempering a Taper Tantrum? Fed Chair Jerome Powell looks as though he may have a lot on his mind these days. But who could blame him? COVID-19 is interrupting supply… -
The LAST Picture
By Luckbox
|The Future of Antitrust Progressive trustbuster Lina Khan, shown here testifying in April on Capitol Hill, was seemingly poised for Senate confirmation as head of the Federal Trade Commission as… -
The Last Picture
By Jeff Joseph
|Retirement Ink Comes Pensioner Vladimir Sedakov, pictured here at his home in Yekaterinburg, Russia, says he’s determined to cover his entire body in tatoos. In the meantime, he’s maintaining an… -
The LAST Picture
By Luckbox
|“A few hours before leaving space for the last time, I went to the Cupola to take a few final shots. After I shot this one, I looked at the preview screen…