Book Q&A: Ezra Klein talks with Elizabeth Kolbert about The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. (Vox)
Power
- How Stanford is going to power its campus. (slate.com)
- Solar power will soon be as cheap as coal. (qz.com)
- Solar power is changing the electricity equation in Hawaii. (nytimes.com)
Climate
- California is going to have to embrace desalination. (qz.com)
- Florida is on the frontlines of climate change. (qz.com)
Science
- The drone revolution is headed to the high seas. (fortune.com)
- Air travel is hugely damaging to the environment. (ft.com)
- A look at the plumbing underneath Yellowstone. (washingtonpost.com)
Health
- ADHD medications are increasingly getting abused by adults to get an edge. (nytimes.com)
- More on the myopia epidemic. (wsj.com)
- The downside of antioxidants. (bigthink.com)
- How a tonsillectomy may help prevent throat cancer. (m.theatlantic.com)
- Leisure activities can help our health as much as strenuous exercise. (npr.org)
Fitness
- Why Nike ($NKE) and Under Armor ($UA) want to track your every move. (washingtonpost.com)
- Leisure activities can help our health as much as strenuous exercise. (npr.org)
Food
- How our diet has changed over the past 22 years. (businessinsider.com)
- Can a new diet help prevent Alzheimer's? (wsj.com)
- Why almond milk is a rip-off. (businessinsider.com)
- Why do we throw out so much food? (wsj.com)
Sports
- How Statcast will change the way we watch baseball. (m.mlb.com)
- How fast are the world's recreational runners? (wsj.com)
- 36 common mistakes in golf. (golfdigest.com)
MLS
- Parity is killing MLS. (8by8mag.com)
- Why foreign players have a hard time adjusting to MLS. (fusion.net)
Entertainment
- The "Girl on the Train" may be the fastest selling adult novel of all time. (thedailybeast.com)
- Norway is shutting off its analog FM stations. (qz.com)
- In praise of the movie "Ex Machina." (businessinsider.com)
- Ben Gibbard on the art of songwriting. (medium.com)
- Why Jay-Z's Tidal will fail. (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: why podcasts are so compelling. (abnormalreturns.com)
