Book recommendation: Aziz Ansari is “the perfect tour guide” through the changed landscape of Modern Romance. (Scientific American)
Engineering
- Natural gas overtook coal in April in terms of US energy production. (ft.com)
- Heaving lifting required? An exoskeleton may be in your future. (technologyreview.com)
Science
- The Pacific Northwest is at significant risk from a future earthquake. (newyorker.com)
- We might be living among aliens and not know it. (aeon.co)
Health
- Why we need a vaccine against Lyme disease. (businessinsider.com)
- How little sleep is too little? (newyorker.com)
- Easing insomnia helps with other disease symptoms. (nytimes.com)
- You can eat too much of something healthy like kale. (motherjones.com)
- Access to medical marijuana could reduce the need for opioid painkillers. (vox.com)
Food
- Tender Greens just got an investment from Danny Meyer of Shake Shack ($SHAK) fame. (businessinsider.com)
- Why corn is in everything. (washingtonpost.com)
- Too good to be true? A seaweed that tastes like bacon and is healthier than kale. (qz.com)
- Behold the perfect tomato and why you can't get it. (slate.com)
- How cottage cheese lost out to yogurt. (npr.org)
- Where yogurt makers get their bacteria. (npr.org)
- Food preferences ranked by cities around the world. (washingtonpost.com)
Fitness
- What is the optimum speed for exercise? (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Just because you run doesn't mean you are fit. Eight true tests of your overall fitness. (runnersworld.com)
Entertainment
- How Seinfeld evolved over its nine-year run. (slate.com)
- Password sharing is a real issue for Netflix ($NFLX) and HBO. (variety.com)
- How this app "accidentally" made $5 million in two weeks. (bloomberg.com)
Music
- Why bands, like Wilco, are willing to give their music away free online. (blogs.wsj.com)
- What sounds better: Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal? (theverge.com)
- The future of music is the playlist. (pitchfork.com)
Sports
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: small tweaks, big effects. (abnormalreturns.com)
Art
- The art market is bubblicious and increasingly global. (news.artnet.com)
- What it takes to restore a 17th century masterpiece. (kottke.org)
