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Quote of the Day
"The point is that medicine, business, and investing will always be part art part science, even if you can describe their success in purely scientific ways."
(Morgan Housel)
Autos
- Tesla ($TSLA) is learning the challenges of large-scale auto manufacturing. (arstechnica.com)
- The Honda ($HMC) Accord is the car of the year, but it isn't selling all that well. (wsj.com)
- Hit-and-run fatalities rates are rising in the US. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Writer William Vollman on why he felt compelled to write a two-volume series on climate change. (vox.com)
- Efforts are finally being made to clean up the plastic-filled Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (independent.co.uk)
- Deep sea trawling has been catching more fish than reported. (npr.org)
- Five myths about recycling. (washingtonpost.com)
Climate change
- Climate change is pushing low and middle-class workers inland. (bloomberg.com)
- A Pentagon-funded study predicts thousands of low lying islands are at risk of being overrun later this century. (washingtonpost.com)
- Avery Island, home to McIhenny's famous Tabasco Sauce, is endangered by rising sea levels. (earther.com)
- An invisible border in the US is shifting eastward. (sciencealert.com)
Wind power
- Ever larger windmills are making wind power ever more efficient. (nytimes.com)
- How to buy a wind farm for investment purposes. (bloomberg.com)
- The US is missing out on offshore wind power. (arstechnica.com)
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Science
- What makes water unique among liquids? (nautil.us)
- There are two ways to combat a potentially devastating 'killer flu.' (npr.org)
Technology
- Why Google ($GOOGL) and Facebook ($FB) are already so entrenched. (stratechery.com)
- Google ($GOOGL) has more data about you than Facebook ($FB). Should we be worried? (wsj.com)
- Americans generally don't trust the big tech companies with their data. (axios.com)
- Reddit has more traffic than Twitter ($TWTR). (thenextweb.com)
Medicine
- A study in Africa shows giving children antibiotics prophylactically reduces the death rate. (npr.org)
- America has an underreported addiction problem: benzodiazepines. (npr.org)
- The problem with Evidence-Based Medicine: money. (medium.com)
- Why the elderly are excluded from clinical trials. (nytimes.com)
- Concierge ERs are now a thing. (nytimes.com)
Psychology
- Once you make a choice your brain adjusts to prefer that choice in the future. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- The surge in depression is a function of our disconnection from other people. (bakadesuyo.com)
- There is no single depression gene. (newscientist.com)
- Jitters aside, you do your best work in front of an audience. (sciencedaily.com)
Cannabis
- The politics of cannabis is changing rapidly in the US. (washingtonpost.com)
- CBD oil is being used for a variety of ailments, despite doubts about its efficacy. (npr.org)
- Why the joint is going by the wayside. (theringer.com)
- 'Marijuana lite' has become increasingly popular in Italy. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Craft distillers are on a spending spree since taxes were lowered. (nytimes.com)
- How Scotch whiskey is made hasn't changed all that much over time. (nytimes.com)
- What craft brewers are going to do with their tax savings. (marketwatch.com)
Food
- The 13 best new restaurants in America in 2018. (gq.com)
- Lactose intolerant? A2 milk is coming to the rescue. (wsj.com)
- It's hard to imagine getting sick of pancakes. (eater.com)
- Why do apples and peanut butter taste so good together? (melmagazine.com)
Diet
- Why intermittent fasting is easier than traditional dieting. (betterhumans.coach.me)
- Uh oh...Silicon Valley has discovered intermittent fasting. (bloomberg.com)
Entertainment
- Why are so many of Netflix's ($NFLX) movie so meh? (theringer.com)
- Streaming services are setting the stage for overly long episodes. (slate.com)
- Original programing helps drive subscribers for streaming services. (hbr.org)
- MoviePass may eventually run out of money but it shows people want to go to the movies. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Why movie theaters are going upscale to survive. (wsj.com)
Marriage
- The best part of a marriage may be 20 years in. (businessinsider.com)
- How money plays a role in who gets married and who doesn't. (marketwatch.com)
- Why some couples choose to keep their finances separate. (theatlantic.com)
- Amongst majors, theology majors have the greatest tendency to marry each other. (familyinequality.wordpress.com)
Kids
- The benefits of reading out loud to your kids. (artofmanliness.com)
- 5 great songs from Schoolhouse Rock. (nytimes.com)
College
- Why Duke won't honor freshman roomate requests this Fall. (npr.org)
- More applicants are getting stuck on bulging college wait lists. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: disrupting PE. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The most important charts of the century to-date, including our entry. (marketwatch.com)
- Podcast links: the power and the promise. (abnormalreturns.com)
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