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Autos
- American cars have grown in size. Parking spots haven't. (wsj.com)
- Carmakers are trying to 'future-proof' pickups with more fuel-efficient engines. (wsj.com)
- Your phone is a distraction while driving even if you aren't looking at it. (fivethirtyeight.com)
Energy
- How NextEra became the biggest owner of renewable power in the US. (wsj.com)
- How ammonia could be used to store renewable energy. (theguardian.com)
Environment
- Commercial fishermen are going even farther to find fish to the ocean's detriment. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
- Is poke's popularity going to drive tuna to extinction? (bloomberg.com)
- Warming waters are hurting lobstermen. (nytimes.com)
Transport
- You are not imagining things: freight trains are getting longer and longer. (wsj.com)
- How much do the airlines know about you? (wsj.com)
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Technology
- Macintosh hardware is in a sad state. (weblog.rogueamoeba.com)
- The cynical reason why Apple ($AAPL) and Google ($GOOGL) want you to use their phones less. (nirandfar.com)
- Why Square ($SQ) built its own tablet. (wired.com)
- Why you should try Firefox again. (nytimes.com)
Health
- US patients only get recommended care half of the time. (hbr.org)
- We are increasingly bathing ourselves in ultrasonic signals. Are we doing ourselves harm? (wsj.com)
- Shingles seems to be on the rise among younger cohorts. (medium.com)
- Hope stays alive for a workable diabetes 'vaccine.' (statnews.com)
Alzheimer's disease
- How viruses may play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. (nytimes.com)
- Alzheimer's disease presents differently in men and women. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Psychology
- Some clues on why some people have a predilection for alcoholism. (theatlantic.com)
- On the power of trying to master one thing at a time. (medium.com)
- 7 steps to help you stop worrying. (bakadesuyo.com)
Dogs
- Humans have lived with dogs longer than commonly thought. (newscientist.com)
- Owning a dog isn't cheap. (finance.yahoo.com)
Food
- Why you can't resist a doughnut: it's the combination of fat and carbohydrates. (newscientist.com)
- Millennials are increasingly demanding authenticity in their food brands. (ft.com)
- Apeel is a coating now applied to avocados will allow them to double their shelf life. (fastcompany.com)
- Food is losing its nutritional value as CO2 levels rise. (npr.org)
Cooking
- Americans are increasing their spending on prepared foods. (wsj.com)
- How much do you save by cooking at home? (priceonomics.com)
Screen time
- Should we be more worried about parents' screen time or children's screen time? (theatlantic.com)
- Are we overstating the dangers of social media use on teens and tweens? (qz.com)
Meditation
- Talk about oxymoronic: the rise of competitive meditators. (wsj.com)
- Does meditation decrease employee motivation? (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- The MoviePass business model is here to stay even if MoviePass itself dies. (variety.com)
- How Apple ($AAPL) might roll out a paid video service. (macworld.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is ordering a lot of shows without a public plan on how they will be distributed. (theverge.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is the new home of the romantic comedy. (qz.com)
- Stanley Kubrick's 2001 was ahead of its time and must be seen on the big screen, per Tyler Cowen. (marginalrevolution.com)
Sports
- Better technology and training are going to keep pushing back "peak age" for athletes. (theverge.com)
- MLB should revisit its pension payments to pre-1980 players. (wsj.com)
- How a revitalized G League could transform pro basketball. (bloomberg.com)
Children
- Four things children need first thing in the morning. (medium.com)
- The case for the do-nothing Summer. (wsj.com)
College
- The Summer melt: why college kids show up for in the Fall. (npr.org)
- America's best and brightest are getting funneled into unproductive industries like finance and consulting. (bloomberg.com)
- Why it's so difficult to hire a business school dean these days. (wsj.com)
- College admissions will never be 100% fair. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: brutal and depressing. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the power of narrative. (abnormalreturns.com)