Book review: Why we take so many damn vitamins. A review of Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest For Nutritional Perfection by Catherine Price. (WSJ)
Technology
- Algorithms can now help predict which employees will quit. (wsj.com)
- Autonomous safety features are rolling out prior to self-driving cars. (wsj.com)
- A closer look at Popcorn Time, the leader in movie privacy. (wired.com)
- Space law is now a thing. (wsj.com)
- The future of touch screens. (wired.com)
Water
- California has severe water issues. (nytimes.com)
- How to identify a rip current. (thevane.gawker.com)
Health
- Baby Boomers are returning to their drug-taking ways. (wsj.com)
- A pediatrician chooses between alcohol and pot. (nytimes.com)
- How hugs, i.e. social connections, help keep colds at bay. (scientificamerican.com)
- 9 ways to eat better without really trying. (motherjones.com)
The brain
- At what age does your brain peak? (psmag.com)
- A better breakfast leads to better grades. (scienceblog.com)
Food
- Big Food is having a hard time keeping up with changing tastes. (ft.com)
- Is mass market organic food an oxymoron? (wsj.com)
- A consumer's guide to egg terminology. (wsj.com)
- A third of all seafood is mislabeled. (theatlantic.com)
- Pastrami prices are too darn high. (nytimes.com)
- The backlash against Mast Brothers chocolate. (slate.com)
Drink
- Craft brewers had record share in 2014. (qz.com)
- Millennials are increasingly choosing tea over coffee. (ft.com)
- How to drink beer like a local around the world. (washingtonpost.com)
Football
- More NFL players are walking away from the game due to fears over concussions. (grantland.com)
- Fears over head injuries could be the eventual end of football. (washingtonpost.com)
Entertainment
- On oral history of Parks and Recreation. (uproxx.com)
- Why are movie previews called "trailers"? (priceonomics.com)
- Why television's golden age is doomed. (bloombergview.com)
- A closer look at Popcorn Time, the leader in movie privacy. (wired.com)
Music
- How Verve Records got gutted. (thedailybeast.com)
- The music business may be in flux but roadies are doing just fine. (wsj.com)
- The economics of busking. (priceonomics.com)
Apparel
- How basketball shoes became a billion dollar business. (washingtonpost.com)
- Millennial men are shopping more (and differently) for clothes. (latimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the Four Horsemen of the Internet. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Competition works: the case of fund expenses. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- The "opportunity gap" between rich and poor kids is bigger than ever. Insights from Robert Putnam's "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."* (chronicle.com)
- Stop using your phone in front of your kids. (time.com)
- We live in an age of "irrational parenting." (nymag.com)
- The case for free-range parenting. (nytimes.com)
