Product review: Amazon’s new Kindle PaperWhite is the best e-reader yet. (WSJ)
Batteries
- Where in the US electric cars make the most sense. (citylab.com)
- Jackson Family WInes is using a bunch of Tesla ($TSLA) batteries to help run their wineries. (fortune.com)
- A better battery may come via manufacturing not new materials. (qz.com)
Rockets
- Why rocket launches are still tension-filled events. (washingtonpost.com)
- SpaceX and the sad story of US launch capabilities. (theverge.com)
Energy
- 2014 was a huge year for renewable energy worldwide. (qz.com)
- How to make semis more fuel-efficient. (slate.com)
- How Hawaii is coping with the vagaries of renewable energy. (wsj.com)
- A United ($UAL) plane will soon take flight with biofuels. (nytimes.com)
Engineering
- How a historical miscalculation helped cause the West's water shortage. (smithsonianmag.com)
- The automobile is undergoing a full-blow transformation. (technologyreview.com)
- How do we protect our food supply in the era of global supply chains? (theatlantic.com)
Health
- What you should know about your skin. (nautil.us)
- The sun=bad meme is wrong in a number of ways. (newscientist.com)
- Addiction is not a disease. Insights from Marc Lewis' “The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease.”* (salon.com)
Food
- Wan to reduce food waste? Stop buying in bulk. (slate.com)
- Enough with the coffee-related health studies! (slate.com)
- Can Sweetgreen become the Chipotle of salads? (buzzfeed.com)
- The US is awash in milk. (bloomberg.com)
Drink
- What distinguishes true craft brewers from the wannabes. (qz.com)
- This craft brewer eschews cans and bottles for kegs only. (marketwatch.com)
- PBR used to be cool. Not any more. (money.cnn.com)
- Why dudes should be drinking rosé wine. (fusion.net)
- Some apps for a well-stocked bar. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- The future of music is.....radio. (medium.com)
- Viacom ($VIA) is having a hard time adjusting to the new media landscape. (bloomberg.com)
Fitness
Sports
- The fastest swim stroke yet: the fish kick. (nautil.us)
- Maple bats are more dangerous and don't hit the ball any farther. (wsj.com)
- Why late first round NBA draft picks are a bargain. (nytimes.com)
- How do today's tennis greats rank against their predecessors? (ft.com)
- The unlikely story of how Boris Berian became a world class 800 meter runner. (fittish.deadspin.com)
- Why does MLB.tv still insist on antiquated home market rules? (theverge.com)
- Why NFL players love weed. (bleacherreport.com)
- Are some players better on bad teams? (marginalrevolution.com)
- Formula E if off to a great start. (theverge.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- The debate over the risk free is kind of a big deal. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Public markets are treating former unicorns with skepticism which is why many companies are reluctant to go public. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: only in my dreams (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you may have missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
