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Highlights

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

In The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date, Samuel Arbesman, Kauffman Foundation senior scholar, explains that knowledge should never be assumed, and facts never taken for granted. This applies to any field, as Arbesman reveals through examples in biology, astronomy, health, technology, history, and more.
Opening Access to Medical Data Can Cure Health Care Ills, Report Advises

The recently released report, Valuing Health Care: Improving Productivity and Quality, is based on the unique perspective a task force took in tackling health care value and productivity challenges.
Infographic: Investing in Women

High turnover is one reason you will find few women partners in venture capital firms. That's one of many fascinating facts featured in this infograph. Citing Kauffman research among other sources, the graphic illustrates a broad spectrum of the entrepreneurship gender gap, from the gender makeup of startups and women's roles in business to their pursuit of investments, their financial performance, how they invest.