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Quote of the Day
"The best way to contribute to a community or a brand isn’t by complaining. It’s by making things better."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- Beijing is adding hybrids to the mix to help reduce carbon emissions. (asia.nikkei.com)
- Why are driverless cars taking longer than expected? (nytimes.com)
- Rapid EV battery charging would be a game-changer. (ozy.com)
- The back seat is no longer safer than riding in the front. (wsj.com)
- Is a mid-engine Corvette, still a Corvette? (wsj.com)
- How much is a used Tesla ($TSLA) worth? You may be surprised. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- What to look for in a home EV charger. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Air conditioning is a global Catch-22. (bloomberg.com)
- Scotland's wind farms produce twice as much power as it needs. (engadget.com)
- Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid. (sciencemag.org)
- 50% of the corn grown in Iowa is used to produce ethanol. (heated.medium.com)
- PG&E customers are taking steps to offset future blackouts. (wsj.com)
- Did you know the City of Los Angeles owns a coal-fired plant in Utah? (latimes.com)
Environment
- India's water crisis is much worse than you think. (nytimes.com)
- If you love 100 degree days, you are goig to love the future. (esquire.com)
- Florida's coral reefs are dying due to rising water temperatures AND nitrogen runoff. (npr.org)
- Well-designed and operated landfills are not an environmental issue. (medium.com)
- Low-carbon shipping is still a ways off. (npr.org)
- Big chunks of Europe are returning to their original state including bears and wolves. (fastcompany.com)
Transportation
- What happens when a town swaps buses for Uber? (theguardian.com)
- Some airplanes are getting a electric engine retrofit. (wsj.com)
- Just how sustainable are e-scooters? (smartcitiesdive.com)
Travel
- How to squeeze the most value out of your credit card points. (movement.capital)
- Why airplane wi-fi is so inconsistent. (wsj.com)
- Resort fees are "BS." (nymag.com)
- Hilton ($HLT) lags in the luxury hotel space. (wsj.com)
- Mobile Passport is the best-kept secret in air travel. (washingtonpost.com)
- Park goers are trading Disneyland for Star Wars. (marketwatch.com)
- In praise of 'slow tourism.' (fastcompany.com)
Science
- Science is way too focused on novelty. And not enough on replication. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Science means being comfortable with the unknown. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Are we underinvesting in 'moon shots'? (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Homo sapiens were in Europe far earlier than previously though. (theatlantic.com)
- New methods are being used to highlight bridges at-risk of collapse. (nbcnews.com)
- How microbes could be used to replace nitrogen-based fertilizers. (onezero.medium.com)
Technology
- DuckDuckGo is still fighting the good fight in search. (nytimes.com)
- The amount of data generated every minute is staggering. (visualcapitalist.com)
- At what point does holding onto data become a liability? (theguardian.com)
- How Apple and Google approach emoji design differently. (theverge.com)
Health
- There is some sort of relationship between seasonal allergies and mood disorders. (theatlantic.com)
- If we all ate the amount of fruits and vegetables we were supposed to there would be serious shortages. (npr.org)
- There is some additional evidence in favor of caloric restriction. (nytimes.com)
- Tyler Cowen thinks "Fentanyl Inc.: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic" is one of the best non-fiction books of the year. (marginalrevolution.com)
Medicine
- George W. Bush's Pepfar plan has been an overwhelming success in Africa. (ft.com)
- Easy home dialysis would be a game-changer. (bloomberg.com)
- Startups are targeting the immune system to combat Alzheimer's. (washingtonpost.com)
- There is no single, best policy for drug pricing. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
Psychology
- You can't force someone to change, but there are things you can do to help someone. (markmanson.net)
- Learning new skills is a great way to keep your brain fresh. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- We place too much emphasis on redundant information. (marginalrevolution.com)
Fitness
- The future of fitness increasingly looks like us working out alone, together virtually. (theverge.com)
- Strava aims to be more than a workout log. (outsideonline.com)
- The hotter the world gets, the more it affects outdoor activities, like sports. (washingtonpost.com)
Protein
- How much protein do you need to eat a day? (wsj.com)
- Are protein powders even healthy? (elemental.medium.com)
Food
- The golden age of US restaurants is over. (washingtonpost.com)
- Have we reached peak sparking water yet? (nytimes.com)
- The battle for 'fishless fish' is now ongoing. (nytimes.com)
- There is no such thing as a sugar rush. (elemental.medium.com)
- Grasshopper juice is filled with antioxidants. (marketwatch.com)
- How much would you spend for a "smart" grill? (slate.com)
- The best cookbooks of the century, so far. (newyorker.com)
Music
- Elvis Costello's list of the 500 essential albums. (faroutmagazine.co.uk)
- Stop kidding yourself - outdoor concerts suck. (washingtonpost.com)
- Three ways to make streaming music more user-friendly. (pitchfork.com)
Media
- There are plenty of great shows, so why do we keep re-watching 'Friends' and 'The Office'? (washingtonpost.com)
- What's on deck for the streaming wars? (theringer.com)
Sports
- Die-hard sports fans are going by the wayside. (bloomberg.com)
- The NBA's supermax contracts are not doing what they were designed to do. (theringer.com)
- Five major trends that define MLB's future. (theringer.com)
- An analysis of where (dangerous) foul balls land. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Cincinnati is the latest US city planning to build a new soccer-only facility. (wsj.com)
- This is the best explanation I have read about how cricket is played. (axios.com)
- How bots could kill poker. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Kids
- The amount of time spent in elementary schools on social studies and science has plummeted. (theatlantic.com)
- How you spend your time changes when you have kids. (flowingdata.com)
- The youth basketball is a machine spitting out too many broken kids. (espn.com)
College
- Why is Alaska essentially pulling the plug on support of its public universities? (bloomberg.com)
- The University of Texas-Austin announced it is offering full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less per year. (npr.org)
- State funding cuts are hurting those students most in need. (theatlantic.com)
- Why are college completion rates on the rise? (papers.ssrn.com)
Relationships
- Six lessons on how to keep a marriage intact. (bakadesuyo.com)
- Instagram-perfect bachelorette parties are now a thing. (nytimes.com)
- At what age do people meet their best friend? (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: battling invasive species. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: peak podcast? (abnormalreturns.com)
- Blogger wisdom: putting another edition in the books. (abnormalreturns.com)
