From the Lab Notebook

  • The Secret to Effortless Focus (And how to trigger it)

    The Secret to Effortless Focus (And how to trigger it)

    THE PHENOMENON It’s the 1988 NBA Finals, Game 6. The Boston Garden is deafening. With less than a minute left, the Detroit Pistons are up by one point. The ball finds its way to Isiah Thomas, who’s already scored 43 points on a severely sprained ankle. He catches it at the three-point line. Here’s what…

  • The Billion-Year Message: Decoding the Voyager Golden Record

    The Billion-Year Message: Decoding the Voyager Golden Record

    Right now, 14 billion miles away, there is a gold-plated record carrying the sounds of a heartbeat, a mother’s kiss, and the exact mathematical coordinates of Earth. But how do you explain ‘humanity’ to someone who has never seen a human? Welcome to Nventer Labs. Today, we’re decoding a message meant to last a billion…