Cycling performance is often evaluated based on two varying metrics: absolute and relative power output. These metrics provide valuable insights into a cyclist’s fitness and performance capabilities, ...

Last week I completed my first self-supported, multi-stage, ultra-marathon “race” in Lapland, above the Arctic Circle. After more than 50 previous ultras, none of which have lasted more than a couple ...

To place this in a simple example, if you want to get picked for the basketball team, you're looking to be taller than other people; increasing everyone's height by 3 inches doesn't uniquely benefit ...

“Relative mobility” measures how a child’s ranking in the income distribution compares to her parents'. “Absolute mobility” measures something entirely different. The economics blogosphere as well as ...

As the comedian Louis CK quipped some time ago, "Everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy." In that instance he was referring to the massive technological improvements that have arisen in ...