Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"The Zen of weight lifting — the joy, fulfillment, hard-earned calluses and growth — lives in the process, in the journey. "
(Brad Stulberg)
Auto
- Tesla's ($TSLA) unveiling of its new pickup truck did not go as planned. (theverge.com)
- Why car services still love the now defunct Lincoln Town Car. (nytimes.com)
Uber and Lyft
- Uber and Lyft are now more hassle than help. (thepointsguy.com)
- Uber ($UBER) is testing ads on its drivers' cars. (axios.com)
- An Uber/Lyft driver with some (immediate) signs a passenger is bad news. (businessinsider.com)
Energy
- China is still building new coal-fired power plants. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The world's wind is picking up. (scientificamerican.com)
- Germany is falling out of love with wind power. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Climate change has a real effect on planned electricity production. (papers.ssrn.com)
- The rise in renewable energy is not driving up the wholesale cost of energy. (arstechnica.com)
- Heliogen, is developing a method to concentrate the power of sunlight, for industrial purposes. (businessinsider.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is building out further what is already the world's biggest battery storage facility in Australia. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Fast-food chains are moving to eliminate plastic toy giveaways. (nytimes.com)
- Recycling used plastic is great, but not using less plastic in the first place is better. (nytimes.com)
Flugscham
- If tourism is a force for good, then flight shaming is not the answer to climate change. (nytimes.com)
- What EasyJet claims to be doing to offset its carbon emissions. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- Flugscham is now on the radar of Air France's CEO. (fortune.com)
Sea exploration
- Innovative craft are making deep sea diving easier and more accessible. (nytimes.com)
- Solar-powered drones are telling us more about the oceans. (popularmechanics.com)
Science
- How a new material could make toilets 'less sticky' and therefore use less water. (theverge.com)
- Japanese researchers have found 143 more images at Nazca Lines in Peru. (nytimes.com)
- The bottom line is we don't know how the universe started, is shaped or will end. (phys.org)
Technology
- The Internet did not turn out the way its founders envisioned. (fastcompany.com)
- The tricks online retailers use to get you to spend more money. (wsj.com)
- How much transparency should we demand from algorithms? (ft.com)
Influenza
- Another benefit of keto: some protection against influenza. (newscientist.com)
- The problem isn't the flu shot. The problem is not enough people get them. (wsj.com)
Medicine
- The evidence on air pollution and IQ is pretty damning. (marginalrevolution.com)
- This big study upends thinking on how to treat heart disease. (statnews.com)
- Opioid overdoses are rarely from legitimate, prescriptions. (reason.com)
- Engineers are miniaturizing pharmaceutical production in the hope of making it portable and inexpensive. (nature.com)
- It is now seemingly possible to put humans into 'suspended animation.' (newscientist.com)
- What is the economic cost of ED? (fatherly.com)
Fitness
- How e-bikes can help boost a fitness plan? (nytimes.com)
- How yoga can help with insomnia. (insidehook.com)
- How meditation can help with neurplasticitiy. (nextavenue.org)
Food
- After a strong run, yogurt sales have topped out. (modernfarmer.com)
- China is the next stop for alternative meats. (ft.com)
- How much would you pay for the perfect strawberry? (ny.eater.com)
Sugar
- How Norway has cut sugar consumption. (theguardian.com)
- How consuming sugar re-wires the brain. (fastcompany.com)
Drink
- Natural wines are about a whole lot more than flavor and terroir. (newyorker.com)
- New Belgium Brewing has been sold to Australia's Lion Little World Beverages, a subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Company Limited. (insidehook.com)
- VCs keep investing in low-alcohol startups. (news.crunchbase.com)
Weed
- You can now get a Master's degree in medical marijuana at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. (npr.org)
- The hemp gold rush is hitting some bumps along the way. (npr.org)
- How celebrities became go-to weed salespeople. (theatlantic.com)
Dogs
- Researchers are testing gene therapies in dogs in the hope of boosting longevity. (wsj.com)
- What happens to dogs that don't make it through a guide dog training program? (melmagazine.com)
- Dogs used to be the subject of serious artists. (newcriterion.com)
Sports
- The new Seattle NHL franchise is leading with analytics to build its roster. (si.com)
- Mid-week MAC games remind us that sports IS television. (theringer.com)
- For many arenas, concerts are the new sports. (wsj.com)
College
- The College Board is facilitating the manipulation of college acceptance rates. (tonyisola.com)
- How an app can make for better lectures. (seths.blog)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: tinted by human emotion. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: cautionary tales. (abnormalreturns.com)
