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Quote of the Day
"Every person you meet, no matter how happy they appear on the outside, is dealing with serious challenges in their life."
(Benjamin P. Hardy)
Autos
- Americans are giving up on sedans in favor of crossovers, SUVs and pickup trucks. (wsj.com)
- Why have other countries reduced their traffic fatality rate faster than the US? (usa.streetsblog.org)
- Aston Martin is coming public. (bbc.com)
- How PSA turned Opel around. (bloomberg.com)
- Why you should drive a mini-van. Seriously. (nytimes.com)
AV/EV
- Will putting eyes on autonomous vehicles make humans trust them more? (washingtonpost.com)
- Toyota ($TM) and Uber are going to jointly produce autonomous vehicles. (wsj.com)
- Dyson is serious about building EVs. (ft.com)
- A look at Waymo's travails in getting autonomous vehicles to work. (theinformation.com)
- What's Waymo worth to Google ($GOOGL)? Nobody really knows. (barrons.com)
Coastal real estate
- Economists are trying put a cost on global GDP to increased coastal flooding. (papers.ssrn.com)
- House prices along the Jersey Shore are correcting due to climate change. (bloomberg.com)
- Far-sighted adaptation to rising seas is blocked by fixing eroded beaches. (theconversation.com)
Water
- Miami has a water problem, drinking water that is. (bloomberg.com)
- Algae blooms are not limited to Florida. (nytimes.com)
- New South Wales is in the midst of a wicked drought putting livestock at-risk. (ft.com)
Climate
- As temperatures rise, how can warm weather cities stay livable in the heat? (washingtonpost.com)
- Hot weather really does mess with your brain. (ft.com)
- Outdoor influencers are a mixed bag for the environment. (racked.com)
- Where the world's forests are most in decline. (visualcapitalist.com)
Energy
- Are floating reactors the future of nuclear power? (nytimes.com)
- Facebook ($FB) is the latest company that wants to switch to 100% renewable power. (axios.com)
- Four US states, generated 30% of their electricity from wind in 2017. (arstechnica.com)
- California just passed a law requiring the state go 100% renewable energy by 2045. (technologyreview.com)
Flying
- Airline loyalty credit cards continue to grow at a rapid clip. (wsj.com)
- This small Icelandic airline has eschewed wi-fi and video on its flights. (ft.com)
- Airplane bathrooms really are getting smaller. (wsj.com)
Reproducibility
- The social sciences are coming to terms with its reproducibility problem. (npr.org)
- How prediction markets sniff out studies that don't reproduce. (theatlantic.com)
Cancer
- Why glioblastoma is such a nasty cancer. (scientificamerican.com)
- Men should, on average, go for colonoscopies at younger age than women. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- Why health studies, like those on alcohol consumption, are so difficult to interpret. (nytimes.com)
- Why the US may be underestimating rates of suicide. (bloomberg.com)
- STD cases are on the rise in the US. (statnews.com)
- Europe has caught anti-vaccine fever. (economist.com)
- There is nothing magic about 98.6 degrees. (wired.com)
- Excessive ear wax is underdiagnosed and treated in the elderly. (scientificamerican.com)
Psychology
- Lottery winners really are happier. (nytimes.com)
- Who lives longer Olympic gold medalists or silver medalists? (marginalrevolution.com)
- Additional research on how ketamine acts on the brain and depression. (npr.org)
- Mothers of twins are at higher risk of post-partum depression. (npr.org)
Mindfulness
- Mindfulness only comes about through practice. (behavioralscientist.org)
- How breathing through your nose calms the brain. (newscientist.com)
Exercise
- What types of exercise have the biggest positive effect on mental health? (wsj.com)
- Why sitting is bad for your brain. (nytimes.com)
Dogs
- "Dogs were domesticated so long ago, and have cross-bred so often with wolves and each other, that their genes are like "a completely homogenous bowl of soup." (theatlantic.com)
- Pet insurance is increasingly a thing. (wsj.com)
Restaurants
- Danny Meyer is sticking with his decision to eliminate tips in his restaurants. (wsj.com)
- How David Chang is navigating the difficult job of building a restaurant empire. (nytimes.com)
Food
- Americans love their carbonated beverages just so long as they aren't beer or soda. (wsj.com)
- Some good reasons to cook at home. (nytimes.com)
- How two Northeners used food science to win big in barbeque competitions. (wsj.com)
- If you are going to consume dairy, eat cheese, not milk. (businessinsider.com)
- RIP, the dominance of the Red Delicious apple. (slate.com)
Cannabis
- Five ways to play the cannabis industry. (medium.com)
- Drinkables, think beer, are still a small part of the cannabis market. (marketwatch.com)
Sleep
- Chronic sleeplessness is a growing global problem. (nytimes.com)
- Your caffeine intake is telling you a lot about the quality/quantity of your sleep. (hbr.org)
Sports
- If you win too many bets, your sports book may close your account. (espn.com)
- College football has a growing attendance problem. (wsj.com)
MLB
- The 'catch-up rule': a radical way to shorten MLB games and make them more competitive. (wsj.com)
- Why MLB teams out of the playoff race should use the last month of the season to experiment. (slate.com)
- How maple bats took over for ash bats in MLB. (deadspin.com)
- Why baseball players increasingly play multiple positions. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Relationships
- The backlash against fast dating services, like Tinder, has accelerated. (wsj.com)
- Egg freezing is being marketed aggressively to Millennial women. (nytimes.com)
- Five steps to solve relationship problems. (bakadesuyo.com)
- How to make friends in adulthood. (vox.com)
Media
- Using an algorithm to identify the saddest (and happiest) songs on Spotify ($SPOT). (bbc.com)
- HBO has removed its 'late night, adult' content. (latimes.com)
Kids
- Parents pick schools for reasons other than test scores. (papers.ssrn.com)
- It's okay to give your kids the same lunch every day. (qz.com)
College
- Debra Moffitt, "Dorm rooms are not supposed to feel like home." (slate.com)
- Consider yourself forewarned: the smartest professors may not be able to teach 101-type classes very well. (nytimes.com)
- The GFC changed what majors college kids choose. (qz.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: skimming vs. reading. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: media moguls. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Luck, mentorship and paying it forward. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Luck, success and the fundamental attribution error. (abnormalreturns.com)
