Book list: Four book recommendations from Rory Sutherland including Gerd Gigerenzer’s Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions. (Farnam Street)
Engineering
- Buffalo has become a renewable energy hub. (nytimes.com)
- The hot mess that is the new Berlin airport. (bloomberg.com)
- A Chicago factory is set to have the world's largest rooftop greenhouse. (businessinsider.com)
Autos
- Ferrari is going public. (bloomberg.com)
- Why buying a car makes less and less sense. (ft.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) shows us that electric is the future of automobiles. (bloombergview.com)
- You car may be vulnerable to hackers. (usatoday.com)
Science
- Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet out there. (observer.com)
- We have a distinct taste for fat. (nytimes.com)
Food
- How Chipotle ($CMG) is changing the pizza business. (businessinsider.com)
- How Nashville's "hot chicken" became a global obsession. (bittersoutherner.com)
- Eggs are no longer the cheapest form of animal protein. (washingtonpost.com)
Beer
Drink
- Coca-Cola ($KO) is making more money on smaller serving sizes. (businessinsider.com)
- Diet Coke is dying. (qz.com)
- Gatorade is viewed as sports drink 1.0. (bloomberg.com)
- Mid market coffee brands are lsoing out. (ft.com)
- Bulletproof Coffee raises money to go wide. (buzzfeed.com)
Health
- Why the big drug companies are focusing on individuals with rare genetic mutations. (bloomberg.com)
- Juicing isn't healthy or virtuous. Just stop it already. (slate.com)
- How walking in nature changes the brain. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Do you really want to have a physical at your desk at work? (bloomberg.com)
The brain
- Why situations affect our decision making so much. (farnamstreetblog.com)
- Two factors that seem to increase the risk of Alzheimer's. (washingtonpost.com)
- Are you actually happier on the weekends? Some research. (bloomberg.com)
- Can electrical stimulation calm you down and improve your mood? (wsj.com)
- Inside the "neurodiversity movement." (washingtonpost.com)
Sports
- When the Chicago Cubs get good, Cubs fans get nervous. (wsj.com)
- Is ESPN a bubble about to burst? (foxsports.com)
- Golf has lost its ability to attract young players. (ft.com)
- Social media has become a mine field for some athletes. (espn.go.com)
- E-sports has a drug (e.g. Adderall) problem. (theverge.com)
Entertainment
- How hi-def is changing how we view video (and look at props). (bloomberg.com)
- Inside the manipulative world of film coloration. (fastcodesign.com)
- Revisiting the awesomeness that was the HBO series "Deadwood." (nytimes.com)
- The demand for movie trailers is insatiable. (latimes.com)
- All the trends are working against in-theater movie viewing. (consequenceofsound.net)
- How can a woman make in country music when radio won't play women? (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you may have missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: nutty economics. (abnormalreturns.com)
