Notes: Robert M. Sapolsky’s Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst is “one of this year’s major social science books.” (Marginal Revolution)
Autos
- Lyft and Waymo are working on self-driving cars together. (mobile.nytimes.com)
- Dealerships are having trouble hiring enough qualified technicians. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Why didn't Scotland become an offshore wind power? (bloomberg.com)
- What an artificial North Sea offshore wind power hub would look like. (arstechnica.com)
- How renewable energy became "inevitable." (ft.com)
Site stuff
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Travel
- The best (and worst) frequent flyer programs for seat availability. (wsj.com)
- Delta Airlines ($DAL) is mellowing. (bloomberg.com)
- Airlines are using more in-flight data to analyze pilot actions. (wsj.com)
Technology
- The MP3 is a file format of the past. (washingtonpost.com)
- What Apple ($AAPL) should fix in iOS 11. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- Rehab, rehab, rehab. Do everything you can before getting a diskectomy. (wsj.com)
- Stem cells could eliminate the need for blood donations. (telegraph.co.uk)
- How much more, if any, should sick people pay for insurance? (bloomberg.com)
- 'Fat but fit' is a myth. (bbc.com)
Science
- How motherhood hijacks your brain. (wired.com)
- How the dinosaurs could have dodged a bullet. (washingtonpost.com)
Food
- Startups are pushing food production closer to cities. (wsj.com)
- Germans are the most discerning mineral water drinkers. (atlasobscura.com)
- Maine is drowning in lobsters. (bloomberg.com)
Offers
- The best-selling "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" by Neil DeGrasse Tyson is just $8.91 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
- "Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball" by Keith Law is "interesting and fun." (amazon.com)
- "University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting" by Daniel Pecaut and Corey Wrenn is just $2.99 for the Kindle. (amazon.com)
Sports
- What it's like to be the 119th ranked golfer in the world. (bloomberg.com)
- Is Dallas Keuchel the new model for pitchers? (theatlantic.com)
- Stop dragging your dog along on your runs. (theatlantic.com)
- The joys of watching sports alone. (gq.com)
Entertainment
- Cord cutting is putting the squeeze on tertiary cable channels. (wsj.com)
- How Pixar lost its way. (scientificamerican.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: is this it. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: wisdom and frugality. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Non-financial wants and the rise of ESG investing. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our book link round-up post for May 2017. (abnormalreturns.com)
