1. A German cafe offers free coffee, but charges by the minute for seats. (HT: David Wigram)
2. Harvard and the Rockefeller Foundation to offer social impact bonds in several states.
3. In Spain, a new step in dog-waste management: unscooped poop is hand-delivered back to the owner. (HT: Peter Kauss)
4. The power of words and names. (HT: RealClearScience)
5. New study shows that lack of sleep decreases men’s ability to determine if women want sex or not. (HT: V Brenner)
It’s been quite a while since we proposed a novel solution for ridding our cities of dog poop — DNA registration of pets, and subsequent DNA identification of wayward dung — but it seems to be slowly, slowly gaining acceptance. The Israeli city Petah Tikvah gave it a try, and now the New York Post reports (and Gothamist follows) about an apartment complex in Rockville Center, Long Island, that’s using the DNA method to punish owners who don’t pick up after their dogs. Good to see the power of poop still rolling on.