Book review: Thirsty Dragon: China’s Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World’s Best Wines by Suzanne Mustacich gets the history of wine and China right. (FT)
Science
- How to tell good scientific studies from bad ones. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Is recycling worth it? (scientificamerican.com)
Offers
- Try Audible.com and two free audiobooks including Warren Zane's "Tom Petty: The Biography." (amazon.com)
- Get Karma Go from @yourKarma. Take WiFi with you everywhere. Use my code for $10 off yours. (yourkarma.com)
Health
- Fecal transplants could soon be done via a pill. (mic.com)
- Long term birth control methods are surging in popularity. (nytimes.com)
- What drinking an energy drink does to your body? (qz.com)
- Does blood donation extend life expectancy? (joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com)
- Eight hours of uninterrupted sleep is a modern creation. (slate.com)
The Brain
- What actually happens in your brain when you are in a flow state? (bigthink.com)
- Can we make rapid, positive changes to our lives? (forbes.com)
- 23 proven ways to feel happier. (mentalfloss.com)
- We are not our emotions. (bigthink.com)
Food
- Where did all the diners go? (crainsnewyork.com)
- What is fine dining these days? (theatlantic.com)
- Chefs are working with plant breeders to create new fruits and vegetables. (theatlantic.com)
- Restaurants are using apps to streamline the food buying process and saving money as a bonus. (nytimes.com)
- All about eggs. An excerpt from: "The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science."* by J. Kenji López-Alt. (medium.com)
- People who live alone have worse diets. (modernfarmer.com)
- Enough with the bone broth hype. (motherjones.com)
Drink
- How Millennials are changing wine. (wsj.com)
- Craft beer is going through an identity crisis. (businessinsider.com)
- Inside a bunker that hold $1.5 billion in wine. (bloomberg.com)
Entertainment
- The evolution of Aziz Ansari. (vulture.com)
- ABC is the next company to create app-only programming. (variety.com)
- Stand up comedians are taking a pass on the college circuit. (wsj.com)
Sports
- The rehabilitation of Michael Phelps. (si.com)
- How to stop doping in sports. (qz.com)
- Young kids shouldn't be allowed to head a soccer ball. (slate.com)
- Another story of college football excess: Texas A&M. (cbssports.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: how podcasts get made. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The seven-year itch or why financial blogging will never be the same. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you might have missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
