Book recommendation: If you are looking for an “awesome sci-fi book to read” check out Eliot Peper’s Cumulus. (Brad Feld)
Quote of the Day
"Things don’t “happen for a reason.” But you can find purpose and meaning in things that do happen."
(Jeff Huber)
Environment
- Storing nuclear waste near the Great Lakes sounds like a bad idea. (washingtonpost.com)
- Less carbon likely means more nuclear. (slate.com)
- How deep water drillers can teach the wind energy guys something. (bloomberg.com)
Autos
- Heavy trucks are an obvious target for autonomous driving. (wsj.com)
- Waze Carpool hopes to get cars off the road. (washingtonpost.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) wants its self-driving cars to keep pedestrians stuck to the vehicle in case of an impact. (washingtonpost.com)
Travel
Amazon Echo
- Robert Lefsetz, "You’re gonna own an Echo, you just don’t know it yet." (lefsetz.com)
- Get an Amazon ($AMZN) Echo here: (amazon.com)
The great outdoors
- Why we humans love tree-lined streets. (irishtimes.com)
- Why parks are so important to city dwellers. (scientificamerican.com)
The brain
- Magic mushrooms may help treat depression. (nature.com)
- How deep (forebrain) stimulation can treat severe depression. (neurosciencenews.com)
- Why deep breathing is a key to reducing short-term stress. (bigthink.com)
- Why we don't crash our cars when we are daydreaming. (gizmodo.com)
Health
- We really don't know if probiotics work. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- We are on the cusp of a "post-antibiotics" era. (bbc.com)
- How scientists created a bunch of novel antibiotic candidates from scratch. (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- Lab grown meat is rapidly becoming a thing. (washingtonpost.com)
- How to make a proper bagel at home. (washingtonpost.com)
- China loves Maine lobster. (washingtonpost.com)
- Evidence that late dinners don't affect obesity in children. (sciencedaily.com)
- Food is the new medicine. (qz.com)
Drink
- The German Reinheitsgebot is 500 years old but is losing its luster to craft brewers. (nytimes.com)
- Americans are increasingly choosing to drink at home. (washingtonpost.com)
- Big brewer ads are losing their impact. (realclearmarkets.com)
- How aging affects whiskey, wine and beer. (mentalfloss.com)
Offers
- Subscribe today to Modern Trader magazine and get four bonus offers including an extra month free. (moderntrader.com)
- Who doesn't like to laugh? Then sign up for a free trial to SEESO 'where the best comedy lives.' (amazon.com)
Fitness
- How women took over road racing. (wsj.com)
- How running became mainstream. (vox.com)
- Swimmers now have their own wearables. Are they any good? (next.ft.com)
Sports
- ESPN is not going to let the e-sports wave pass it by. (espn.go.com)
- Stephen Curry's success was largely unpredictable. (finalternatives.com)
- Female sports concussions may be a much bigger deal than men's. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Media
Entertainment
- How the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" changed modern music. (theatlantic.com)
- Can a new law help compensate music artists without hurting songwriters? (newyorker.com)
- Why the George Clooney movie "Money Monster" misses the mark so badly. (slate.com)
- It's great time to be an actor. (vulture.com)
Kids
- How to teach kids that failure is the precursor to success. (npr.org)
- Why middle school is such a tough time for Moms. (wsj.com)
Education
- More evidence that students shouldn't use laptops in class. (washingtonpost.com)
- Textbook prices are out of control. (next.ft.com)
- Yet another field in which girls out-test boys. (washingtonpost.com)
- A full-ride scholarship still omits a lot of other expenses. (washingtonpost.com)
- 10 things not enough kids know before going to college. (vox.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: P2P puffery. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our round-up of book related links from the past (May) month. (abnormalreturns.com)
