Autos
- Comm.ai is shipping a DIY self-driving car kit. (theverge.com)
- Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox just raised $500 million to launch a "robo-taxi" service. (ft.com)
- Which car brands have the most loyal owners? (priceonomics.com)
Energy
- Apple ($AAPL) is investing in a clean energy fund focused on China. (cnbc.com)
- How rooftop solar affects utility costs. (arstechnica.com)
- How sulphur will potentially roil oil markets due to changing use rules. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Wildfires in the US are getting bigger. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Planting trees can help keep cities cooler during the Summer. (fastcompany.com)
- Rising seas could put our Internet infrastructure at-risk. (npr.org)
- Rising sea levels are going to make cities more expensive before they go under. (fastcompany.com)
- Why our intuition about sea level rise is wrong. (nautil.us)
Travel
- Why airlines should load planes from back to front. (ft.com)
- Airplane manufacturers are looking to continue to automate the cockpit. (reuters.com)
- The airport luxury lounge battle is heating up. (nytimes.com)
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Science
- The continent of Africa is quite literally splitting in two. (qz.com)
- The family tree of homo sapiens is richer and more complicated than earlier theories posit. (theatlantic.com)
- The US still doesn't have a way of getting astronauts to the Space Station. (qz.com)
- Wait, what? There is water in Earth's mantle? (quantamagazine.org)
Health
- The American health care system has uniquely high administrative costs. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
- Deaths from liver-related diseases are on the rise in the US. (washingtonpost.com)
- Urgent care clinics prescribe too many antibiotics. (washingtonpost.com)
- Mitochondria transplants could be used to revive dying organs. (nytimes.com)
- Researchers are trying to come up with an effective test for CTE. (npr.org)
Psychology
- We do not discuss mental health, until some one is in crisis. (blog.heartsupport.com)
- Why do immigrants have fewer mental health issues than native born citizens? (bigthink.com)
- How the FDA should loosen restrictions on the use of psychedelics. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Developers are trying to tackle mental health treatments. (statnews.com)
Dogs
- Dogs can learn to read human facial expressions. (salon.com)
- Why dog walking is a good source of exercise. (nytimes.com)
- Dogs are uniquely at-risk of heat stroke. (qz.com)
Food
- Tracking seafood from sea to table is really difficult. (wsj.com)
- Full-fat dairy is not implicated in heart disease. (theatlantic.com)
- Small plates do not fool us when we are motivated, i.e. hungry. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- You can't be a restaurant and not have a delivery policy. (bloomberg.com)
- How ramen became an American staple. (newyorker.com)
Fitness
- Americans are swapping marathons for obstacle course races. (theatlantic.com)
- How many steps do you need to take per minute to walk 'briskly'? (nytimes.com)
Youth sports
- US youth soccer participation is falling. (nytimes.com)
- The entire youth sports process in the US is broken. (forbes.com)
- Why would anyone want to be a youth sports referee in this day and age? (nytimes.com)
College
- Most colleges no longer require personal essays. (washingtonpost.com)
- Colleges are getting increasingly sophisticated in their marketing. (wsj.com)
- Universities are increasingly soliciting real estate donations from their alumni. (indystar.com)
- Graduate Hotels is a boutique hotel company with hotels based in college towns catering to parents and alumni. (nytimes.com)
Kids
- More evidence that unfettered technology use can lead to issues with teens. (wsj.com)
- Why parents need a sabbatical from their children. (ft.com)
- Kids need to play outdoors, independently. (nytimes.com)
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