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Autos
- German automobile giant Daimler has abandoned the development of internal combustion engines. (financialexpress.com)
- Pedestrian safety features don't work well at night. (wsj.com)
- Americans are increasingly taking out seven-year new auto loans. (wsj.com)
- Meet the safest driver in Los Angeles. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- Nobody said building offshore wind in the US would be easy. (bloomberg.com)
- Trucking accounts for 25% of fuel used on US roads. (axios.com)
- Goldman Sachs Renewable Power is snapping up solar projects. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Environment
- More than half of native European trees face extinction. (theguardian.com)
- Why algae should be the part of any climate solution. (qz.com)
- Good luck finding a place in the US that will be unaffected by climate change. (fastcompany.com)
Clothes and the environment
- More companies are urging their customers to recycle their old clothes. (bloomberg.com)
- Only 1% (or so) of clothing currently gets recycled. (wsj.com)
- How to buy clothes that will last. (nytimes.com)
Food and the environment
- Just how bad are burgers for the environment? It depends on where the cow was raised. (finance.yahoo.com)
- The case for eating more anchovies and sardines. (nytimes.com)
- How eating sea urchin help sequester carbon. (fastcompany.com)
- Be wary of tea bags made of plastic. (modernfarmer.com)
Technology
- How to set your Google ($GOOGL) data to 'self-destruct.' (nytimes.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is slowly rolling out new map technology across the country. (justinobeirne.com)
- Otter.ai is pretty good at transcribing speech. (nytimes.com)
The brain
- Your brain chooses what it wants to see. (quantamagazine.org)
- How the brain tunes out distractions. (quantamagazine.org)
- Don't make important decisions on an empty stomach. (sciencedaily.com)
- Active and passive cultural engagement can help alleviate depression. (nextavenue.org)
Health
- Rural America is facing a significant shortage of doctors. (axios.com)
- This year's flu vaccine may be a bit of a disappointment. (statnews.com)
- When is the best time to get your flu shot? (nytimes.com)
- How to quit vaping. Hint, it isn't easy. (wired.com)
Food
- Are ethnic food aisles racist? (washingtonpost.com)
- The US is facing a huge egg glut. (wsj.com)
- Why you should let your burrito sit a minute or two before eating it. (barrons.com)
- Don't buy cheap chocolate. (seths.blog)
- Eat moar nuts. (npr.org)
Red meat
- The deleterious health effects of red meat seem to have been overstated. (newscientist.com)
- Beef may not be that bad for you, but it is bad for the planet as a whole. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- Take this new pro-meat research with a big grain of salt. (elemental.medium.com)
- Don't confuse this study for a randomized trial. (npr.org)
- Nutrition data science is barely that. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- Russians have dramatically cut back on alcohol consumption. (axios.com)
- A list of the 100 best bars in the world. (msn.com)
Media
Sports
- Pseudoscience has made its way into the concussion debate. (wired.com)
- On the Qatar-ization of sports: from the IAAF World Championships. (wsj.com)
Demographics
- Germany's monasteries are disappearing. (spiegel.de)
- The numbers behind Illinois' population losses. (chicagotribune.com)
College
- British universities are experiencing a surge in student anxiety, mental breakdowns and depression. (theguardian.com)
- Community colleges need to change with their students' needs. (hbr.org)
- Female students are slowly shifting toward more lucrative majors. (wsj.com)
Kids
- Four critical skills your children need to learn. (bakadesuyo.com)
- The earlier you introduce a second language to your children, the better. (ft.com)
- Can you trust parenting advice? (fatherly.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: ratifying good decisions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: exploring subcultures. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Change happens slowly, then all at once: the case of zero dollar stock commissions (abnormalreturns.com)
- Monthly ESG links: shareholder resolutions. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Brett Steenbarger, "We don't change by writing in a journal. We change by turning our problem patterns into enemies and finding the motivation to smack them down." (traderfeed.blogspot.com)
- Why changing habits, cold turkey, is so difficult. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- There is a difference between education and learning. (seths.blog)
