Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
Distractions
- Just how dangerous is distracted walking? (nytimes.com)
- As long as there are human drivers, self-driving technology will have to take them into account. (businessinsider.com)
- Please stop texting and driving. (nytimes.com)
Autos
- Ford ($F) will use the Mustang name, previously reserved for its classic muscle car, for an electric SUV. (nypost.com)
- 'Restomods' are classic cars with modern insides that are meant to get used. (nytimes.com)
- Hobbyists are modifying classic cars with electric power trains. (latimes.com)
Energy
- Global coal demand rose for the second straight year. (bloomberg.com)
- Renewables met 50% of electricity demand on Australia's power grid for first time ever. (theguardian.com)
- A shortage of balsa wood is slowing the rollout of new wind energy projects. (ft.com)
Environment
- How scientists got climate change wrong: it came much faster than anyone thought possible. (nytimes.com)
- Scientists are trying to get a better handle on Arctic ice. (npr.org)
- How floodplain buyout programs can help reduce the impact of flooding. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Okracoke Island, NC can't be protected. The question is whether it will be rebuilt once again. (washingtonpost.com)
- Some steps supermarkets could take to reduce plastic use. (fastcompany.com)
Travel
- Airports are struggling to deal with the traffic from ridesharing. (wsj.com)
- A firsthand account of what its like to sit on a plane for nearly 20 hours. (nytimes.com)
- Some travel tips from office pros. (wsj.com)
- When checking a bag feels like a luxury. (gay.medium.com)
Technology
- Regulators can't keep up with the actions of Big Tech. (nytimes.com)
- Hospitals are a cybersecurity nightmare. (axios.com)
- Be assured, if you type your symptoms into a healthcare website, Google and others will know about it. (ft.com)
Science
- Cheap robot drones are allowing us to better map the ocean's floor. (outsideonline.com)
- Remote wildlife cameras are catching humans acting like humans. (onezero.medium.com)
- What is the deal with fluctuating oxygen levels on Mars? (bgr.com)
- Don't kill the spiders in your house. (daily.jstor.org)
- Visualizing the speed of light. (visualcapitalist.com)
Medicine
- David S. Ludwig and Steven B. Heymsfield, "Most diet trials in the best journals fail even the most basic of quality control measures." (nytimes.com)
- The superbug problem is already here and urgent. (washingtonpost.com)
Fitness
- You don't have to run a lot to get the health benefits. (runnersworld.com)
- Want to reduce stress? Get outside. (nautil.us)
- Don't eat junk! (eightfatswine.com)
Psychology
- What steps can be taken to offset the 'loneliness epidemic'? (nytimes.com)
- Where does anxiety end and depression begin? (elemental.medium.com)
- 'Flying solo' in social situations seems like a superpower to some. (behavioralscientist.org)
- How to build healthy, durable self-esteem. (markmanson.net)
Food
- The Gulf oyster industry is in trouble. (nytimes.com)
- Chipotle ($CMG) customers love the carne asada. (businessinsider.com)
- All the trends behind the demise of Dean Foods. (nytimes.com)
- Esquire's 2019 list of the best new restaurants in America. (esquire.com)
- Can you grow saffron, one of the world's most expensive spices, in New England? (newfoodeconomy.org)
Drink
- AB InBev ($BUD) is buying out the rest of Craft Brew Alliance it doesn't already own. (uk.reuters.com)
- The trade war has not been kind to bourbon makers. (bloomberg.com)
- Wine making is coming to Scandinavia. (nytimes.com)
- The 50 best craft breweries of the past decade. (pastemagazine.com)
- 900 intact cognac bottles were salvaged from a WWI steamship. They are likely coming to auction. (brobible.com)
Sports
- NFL players are no longer relying on teams to protect their health. (nytimes.com)
- Athletic Bilbao stands out relative to rest of major soccer by resisting globalization. (ft.com)
- NFL kickers are having a down year. (fivethirtyeight.com)
MBA
- Some things to think about before getting a MBA. (pointsandfigures.com)
- India, not China, is the biggest source of international students for Australian MBA programs. (ft.com)
College
- Lynn O'Shaughnessy, "When it comes to finding the secret to success, it’s not where you go to college but how you spend your college years that makes all the difference." (wealthmanagement.com)
- Want a college degree that pays off? Think pharmacy, not music and the arts. (washingtonpost.com)
- Anxiety and bullying are big issues in PhD programs. (insidehighered.com)
- Colleges are trying to better support 'first-gen' students. (npr.org)
- How two small colleges have made free tuition work for years. (npr.org)
- Want to give your kid a leg up? Name them as a co-author on one of your research papers. (nature.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: the pursuit of happiness. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the impeachment pod boom. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Our world is always changing, but most of the time we don’t notice. (abnormalreturns.com)