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Quote of the Day
"When parents were accessible and calm, gave good advice and offered reciprocal disclosures about their own lives, these teens reported being more apt to talk."
(Jennifer Breheny Wallace)
Autonomous vehicles
- A big potential use case for AVs is deliveries. (axios.com)
- How autonomous vehicles can help alleviate traffic jams. (sciencemag.org)
Autos
- One reason why people like SUVs is because other people have them. (slate.com)
- Creating better teenage drivers starts before they ever get a learner's permit. (nytimes.com)
- The Chevy Volt was a great car. Too bad sales never took off. (huffingtonpost.com)
- Sedans aren't dead. American sedans are dead. (bloomberg.com)
Energy
- Australia is betting big on rising lithium demand. (ft.com)
- Why the world is seemingly so slow to wean itself off coal. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- Global CO2 emissions are once again the rise. (bbc.com)
- Crop growing regions are moving North in the prairie. (wsj.com)
- How humans respond to climate change will have a big effect on how it all plays out. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Why hunters are switching from lead bullets. (nytimes.com)
Travel
- The Marriott Rewards-Starwood merger is a hot mess according to users. (wsj.com)
- The airline industry is a huge carbon emitter. Some paths forward for aviation to become greener. (fastcompany.com)
Technology
- You can't buy technology these days without looking at the business model behind it. (nytimes.com)
- AI can now fake fingerprints to fool scanners. (fortune.com)
- Public touchscreens are covered in bacteria, then again so is your smartphone. (bigthink.com)
Psychology
- Suicides are declining around the world, but the US is bucking the trend. (economist.com)
- How to help someone who is depressed. (wsj.com)
Cognition
- Nasal breathing beats mouth breathing when it comes to cognition and memory. (nytimes.com)
- Want to remember something? Write it down, better yet draw it. (digest.bps.org.uk)
Flu shots
- The statistics are overwhelming: get a flu shot! (nytimes.com)
- People "learn by suffering" when it comes to getting a flu shot. (papers.ssrn.com)
Health
- The rise in opioid-related overdose deaths is simply staggering. (nytimes.com)
- Why does nothing, except bariatric surgery, seem to do anything to combat obesity? (nytimes.com)
- E-cigs are not good for the heart. (bigthink.com)
- Two companies are vying to be the first to bring a peanut allergy desensitization therapy to market. (finance.yahoo.com)
- There isn't much you can do about visual floaters. (slate.com)
Relationships
- What relationship lessons about can we learn from successful startups? (wsj.com)
- Are friendships built on 'deep dives' or 'frequent hits'? (casnocha.com)
- As we get older it is harder to maintain friendships. (wsj.com)
- How to accept your partner's flaws. (artofmanliness.com)
Food
- Cultured beef is coming. What about cultured fish? (washingtonpost.com)
- San Marzano tomatoes are often counterfeit. (tastecooking.com)
- WHY ARE RESTAURANTS SO DARN LOUD? (theatlantic.com)
- How much to tip at different types of restaurants. (eater.com)
Caffeine
- Bulletproof-style coffee has gone mainstream. (wsj.com)
- What's in a bottle of 5-hour energy? Caffeine and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't matter. (melmagazine.com)
Drink
- How UK pubs are dealing with a decline in drinking. (ft.com)
- Michelob Ultra and Model are two beer brands that are actually growing. (bloomberg.com)
- Relax hipsters, PBR isn't going anywhere. (npr.org)
Fitness
- How do Nike's ($NKE) Vaporfly shoes get you to run faster? (outsideonline.com)
- Why standing desks are overrated. (nytimes.com)
- Stretching studios are the hot new fitness trend. (fastcompany.com)
Sports
- High school gamers now have their own scouting service. (fastcompany.com)
- Magnus Carlsen remains the world chess champion, but has he already peaked? (newyorker.com)
Dogs
Streaming
- Direct studio deals with streaming services represent a sea change for the industry. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Is there a future for niche film streaming services? (theringer.com)
- The satellite TV business is in secular decline. (qz.com)
Lists
- The 50 best albums of 2018. (pastemagazine.com)
- The 25 best TV shows of 2018. (pastemagazine.com)
- Some great non-fiction books that have been adapted for younger (8-12 year old) readers. (kottke.org)
- The 40 best family board games. (slate.com)
- The 10 worst family board games. (slate.com)
Kids
- Anything you can do to help teens get better sleep, do it. (washingtonpost.com)
- Three ways to raise generous children. (washingtonpost.com)
- Teens have a generally positive view of social media. (nymag.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: a happiness high. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: giving thanks. (abnormalreturns.com)
- How the term 'index' has lost much of its original meaning. (abnormalreturns.com)
