Q&A: Dan Harris talks about his new book Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book. (NPR)
Quote of the Day
"Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days."
(Daniel Pink author of "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing")
Autos
Environment
Energy
- Why is residential solar installation so much more expensive in the US than Australia? (greentechmedia.com)
- Solar energy and desalination go hand-in-hand. (bloomberg.com)
- The only hope for US coal is exports. (washingtonpost.com)
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Travel
- If your state isn't compliant you may need a passport to fly domestically. (bloomberg.com)
- Delta just topped Alaska Air as the top airline of 2017. (wsj.com)
- Air traffic through Iceland is surging. (marketwatch.com)
- What is secretive JANET Airlines all about? (popularmechanics.com)
- What it's like to fly on Honda's new private jet, the HondaJet. (businessinsider.com)
- People are shipping more stuff by air cargo, ergo higher rates. (wsj.com)
Technology
- SpaceX can now automatically self-destruct errant rockets. (qz.com)
- Keep your software updated. (washingtonpost.com)
Psychology
- Some steps on how to deal with social anxiety, especially in a networking environment. (fastcompany.com)
- "Meditation is like repetitive exercise of the focus muscle in the brain." (avc.com)
- Just how smart do we want our romantic partners to be? (bigthink.com)
- We human beings can't stand to be last in a queue. (papers.ssrn.com)
Influenza
- Why H3N2 is such a problematic version of the influenza virus. (statnews.com)
- Why the flu is so bad this year. (newscientist.com)
Health
- How 'sickness behavior' changes how we act when we are sick. (npr.org)
- How restrictions on smoking have 'herd immunity.' (nytimes.com)
- More health care services are getting provided at work. (wsj.com)
- Research indicates that ibuprofen messes with how testosterone is metabolized. (arstechnica.com)
- A heart risk factor many don't know about. (nytimes.com)
Diet
- How to make time-restricted feeding work for you. (wsj.com)
- Exercise changes our microbiome. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Why you should bundle workouts with a guilty pleasure. (washingtonpost.com)
- The best big-ticket home gym equipment. (nymag.com)
- Peloton has now pushed into treadmills. (nytimes.com)
- Gym etiquette 101. (artofmanliness.com)
Entertainment
College
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: self-help advice. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: fidgety skeptics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A (belated] New Year's resolution: get a bigger f*ck it bucket. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Newton's third law of personal finance. (abnormalreturns.com)
