Interesting Reads for Wednesday, 11 January 2017: Blue Eyes,

Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor  (Science Daily)

China: Slideshow of Photovoltaic Generation Project Floating Above Fishery Waters and Now in Operation      (Xinhuanet) 

Graphene OLED produced in European labs means cellphone screens which will not break and which are only one atom thick
(Phys Org)

Investors could be blindsided by a cluster of Fed rate hikes this year     (Marketwatch)

Ex-High Schol Football Player Leaves Behind A Journal Of Suffering From CTE Before Taking His Life      (GQ)

Two Orlando Police Officers Die Trying To Bring Murder Suspect to Justice, One Shot, One In Wreck of Police Motorcycle in Pursuit

(Huffpost)

The extraordinary size of Amazon in one chart     (The Big Picture)

Next Apple iPhone iteration to be made from forged stainless steel instead of milled aluminum
(Forbes) 

Two wide-moat dividend paying stocks to consider on dips   (Dividend Growth Investor)

1930s-Like Demographic Headwinds Are Restraining the US Economy    (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin plunges as Chinese authorities increase scrutiny      (Marketwatch) 

Bitcoin could soar if the Winklevoss ETF is approved      (Marketwatch)

The path to $10,000 Bitcoin    (Of Two Minds)

Intel Chiefs reportedly told Donald Trump last week in a classified meeting that the Russians have something on him (Business Insider)


Trump needs a win/win deal. Putin is a win/lose guy     (Bloomberg)

Interesting Reads for Tuesday, 27 December 2016: Mosul Dam, Bitcoin Price Surge, Animal Photos & More

Iraq: Army Corps of Engineers Says Mosul Dam  Is "The Most Dangerous Dam In The World" And  Poses A Bigger Threat Than ISIS    (The New Yorker)

Islands of Mass Destruction: How China killed essential reefs and built military bases on top     (Bloomberg Businessweek)


Mars rover Curiosity views spectacular layered rock formations which remind us of Southwest buttes in the USA     (Geology In)


China Plans to Land Probes on Far Side of the Moon, Mars by 2020    (NY Times)


Our favorite Wired Long Reads of the year   (Wired) 

Why do I torture my kids … with classical music?    (Vitaly Katsenelson's Contrarian Edge)

Prices Have Exploded Upward As Investors Chase Bitcoins As A Safe Haven        (Coin Telegraph)

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Amazing Animals 2016"     (The Boston Globe)


Grand Chess Master Gary Kasparov Interviewed About Putin, Trump, and Democracy - "Why Dictators Hate Chess"     (Slate) 


Trump Is Already Ditching His Movement      (The National Review)


The Toughest Man in America     (Alabama Political Reporter, Josh Moon)

Reads for Tuesday, 3 March 2015

12 Lessons Learned From Berkshire Hathaway's 50th Anniversary Shareholder Letter (25iq) 

Scientists Discover 'Dusty Galaxy' Formed When Universe was Just 700 Million Years Old (China Topix)

Americans are turning away from organized religion in record numbers (Raw Story) 

CIA veterans finger Putin in Nemtsov assassination (Newsweek) 

Reads for Thursday, 26 February 2015

Scarcity (The Reformed Broker) 

This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country (Huffington Post) 

Apple to hold event on March 9, as Watch launch nears (Reuters) 

Will Great Britain and Italy Say "Screw Nuclear" And Get Power From A Giant Concentrated Solar Plant Located In Tunisia's Sahara Desert? (The Ecologist) 

Watch How NASA Monitors Sand Flying From the Sahara to the Amazon (Time Magazine)

Study provides direct evidence that human activity is causing global warming: For the first time, researchers directly observed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere (Salon) 

Four new NASA Earth-observing missions are collecting data from space – with a fifth newly in orbit – after the busiest year of NASA Earth science launches in more than a decade (NASA) 

Lawmakers Seek Information on Funding for Climate Change Critics (NY Times) 

Putin's Secret Plan For Ukraine Leaks (The Daily Beast) 

An Investor’s Guide to Better Writing — Seriously (Vitaliy Katsenelson) 

Link for the US Debt Clock also contains assets, poverty, social security recipients and more (US Debt Clock Website) 

Reads for Wednesday, 25 February 2015

U.S. Postal Service, FedEx Have New Competition…from Waffle House: Roadie Is Going To Be The Uber Of Package Delivery (MSN Money)

Oldie, but Goodie: Co-Founder of Motley Fool, Dave Gardner, On "The Greatest Secret Of All" (Motley Fool) 

What Dodd-Frank Didn’t Fix: The Worst Conflicts on Wall Street (Wall Street On Parade) 

The Easy Oil Is Gone So Where Do We Look Now? (Oilprice.com)

President Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline Bill; Republicans Gear Up For Override Bill But Might Not Have The Votes (Politico) 

Oil rigs fall idle after global crude prices drop (BBC)

Nobel Prize Winner Robert Shiller: Buying A Home Isn't Necessarily A Good Investment (Yahoo Finance) 

Bill O Reilly Threatens Another Reporter  (Talking Points Memo) 

Another Big Merchant Dumps American Express (Megan McArdle for Bloomberg) 

Apple now twice as big as world's second-largest company, ExxonMobil (The Daily Telegraph - UK) 

Investigation: Why are cargo pilots excluded from new rest rules? (CBS News) 

Two Ex-Army Rangers Believe Flip Flops And Sarongs Will Defeat ISIS (Gizmondo)

Goodbye, Putin (Foreign Affairs Magazine) 

U.S. military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border (Washington Post blog)

75% of Air and Rain Samples Contain Monsanto’s Round Up (Natural Society) 

Obama administration to allow sales of armed drones to allies (Washington Post)