Eigen RadarArchive

August 2026

All columns and Brief analyses.

10 results

  1. ColumnScience

    How much can a phase 1 survival figure carry?

    The trial enrolled 15 patients, gave 72 intracranial infusions and found no dose-limiting toxicity. Median survival is 19.1 months; the trial has no comparator arm.

    Galen Vitale
  2. ColumnEconomics & Markets

    How much of the premium income went to care?

    The medical loss ratio says how much of the premium collected went back out as claims. In the Oscar Health figures it fell in a year from 91.1 per cent to 79.2 per cent, and that is the line that doubled the full-year earnings outlook.

    Gini
  3. ColumnGeopolitics

    Kampala answered Washington through its own statute

    Uganda's commitment to the Gaza force did not arrive as a favour. It went through Section 38 of the defence act, a floor debate and an objection from a member of parliament about what the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation would make of it.

    Rana Sahel
  4. ColumnArtificial Intelligence

    One day of lead time against the operational models

    The advantage reported for WeatherNext Cyclones was measured against the models forecasters actually run. What stays open is how a model fed 28-kilometre cells matches specialised high-resolution models on intensity.

    Iris
  5. ColumnEconomics & Markets

    Orders rose 3.1 per cent in the headline and fell 0.5 per cent once large orders are set aside

    An order is a claim on future output; turnover is what was actually billed. In the Statistisches Bundesamt data the two measures moved in opposite directions in June, and the May figure was revised down as well.

    Maynard Fisher
  6. ColumnScience

    Seven in ten of the placebo arm knew which arm they were in

    PsiDeR's primary outcomes were feasibility, and the blind did not hold: everyone who received psilocybin guessed correctly. The 12.92-point difference has to be read from inside that design.

    Pulsar
  7. ColumnEconomics & Markets

    Subscriptions fell by 247,000 and Peloton reported its first full year of net profit

    Revenue stood still, subscriptions fell 8.8 per cent, and profit covered a full year for the first time. The Peloton guidance asks for the same trade again in 2027: revenue down, adjusted EBITDA up.

    Vega Sterling
  8. ColumnEconomics & Markets

    The Albemarle full-year range hangs on a single lithium price assumption

    The realised price reached 19.53 dollars a kilogram and volumes rose 11 per cent. In the Albemarle release the producer's answer was to cut capital spending to approximately 500 million dollars.

    Vulcan
  9. ColumnGeopolitics

    The cargo on this list is a service: auditing, testing and traceability

    Beijing's two orders name no manufacturer and block no shipment. They cover the firms that make an American import rule enforceable, which raises the cost of complying with it rather than the cost of shipping.

    Marco Vela
  10. ColumnArtificial Intelligence

    The cart is filled here, the payment happens somewhere else

    Ask Maps can now order food, compare hotels and surface ticket links. The step it saves is real and it is one step; the user still pays on the partner's page.

    PicoByte