Book recommendation: A straightforward take on sports psychology in How Champions Think by Bob Rotella. (WSJ)
Science
- Solar power still has a big problem: intermittentcy. (economist.com)
- Why flamingos are adept at escaping zoos. (atlasobscura.com)
- An explanation of why most research findings are wrong. (bigthink.com)
Technology
- A history of the early web: hit counters. (priceonomics.com)
- The pros and cons of online education. (thefiscaltimes.com)
Food
- The future of food is food. (recode.net)
- The secret behind the Zuma restaurant empire. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- Common heartburn medications are linked with a higher risk of heart attack. (washingtonpost.com)
- Eating less matters more than working out more when it comes to losing weight. (nytimes.com)
- Why America is obsessed with straight, perfect teeth. (nymag.com)
- Arthroscopic knee surgery doesn't do much for pain relief. (nbcnews.com)
- Appendicitis can be effectively treated with antibiotics. (nytimes.com)
Exercise
- How many calories running actually burns. (runnersworld.com)
- Roll, don't stretch, after exercise. (ft.com)
The brain
- A guide to meditation. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- Poor sleep habits are filling our brains with neurotoxins. (qz.com)
- 13 practical ways to make better decisions. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- The isolating effects of anxiety. (scientificamerican.com)
Coffee
- Caffeine could limit the damage of chronic stress. (arstechnica.com)
- On the state of coffee drinking. (washingtonpost.com)
- This is the best coffee maker you can buy. (theverge.com)
Drink
- How to upgrade your gin and tonic? (wsj.com)
- Whatever happened to Michelob? (theconcourse.deadspin.com)
Entertainment
- Using technology to measure musical revolutions. (priceonomics.com)
- Comedy Central in the post-TV era. (nytimes.com)
- Stand up comedy in the age of political correctness. (popmatters.com)
Sports
- Why do athletes seemingly come from small towns? (psmag.com)
- The hot-hand in basketball may really exist. (blog.alphaarchitect.com)
- Thinking about the three-point shot as a technology. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Racewalking has a doping problem. (nytimes.com)
- What is the alternative to FIFA? (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- You can't save every investor, but you can at least try. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Catching up on some of our semi-original posts. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: a slow motion boom. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Thursday links: what economists don't know. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Putting a price on the stress of having children. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- The pain of fortysomething parents. (qz.com)
- On the power of Sesame Street to teach children. (washingtonpost.com)
- Screen time for kids is probably fine. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Disney ($DIS) Parks are now out of the reach of the middle-class. (qz.com)
