October 22, 2016 at 03:08AM

Today I Learned: 1) People really notice (and care) if a conference has bad coffee. 2) Janelia Farm (one of the coolest biological research institutes out there -- if you don't know about it, you should check it out!) has an endowment from HHMI of about $19 billion. That covers something like 50 very well-funded labs, operating with some ridiculous equipment. Just a good number to know in terms of calibrating institute expenses. 3) I really like the style of the current director of the FBI, James Comey. Check out his prepared remarks on Clinton's recent email scandal -- it's clear, precise, balanced, well-structured, and addresses a lot of possible questions an audience member might want to ask. Really my kind of informative prose. http://ift.tt/2dX27AB