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
"Winning the day means knowing what is controllable, working to control those things, and leaving the rest alone."
(Daniel Crosby)
Autos
- Big rigs are going electric and they will be easier to drive. (nytimes.com)
- Some evidence that EVs really are more carbon efficient. (newscientist.com)
Energy
- What the closing of a coal-fired plant in Western Kentucky means. (abcnews.go.com)
- New York state's last coal-fired plant is closing. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- Chicago's shoreline is getting pummeled by high Lake Michigan waters. (chicagotribune.com)
- Individuals are working to clean up shoreline plastic waste. (nytimes.com)
- Why we think about food waste differently after coronavirus. (esquire.com)
Transport
- How the airline companies are dealing with the logistics of canceled flights and storing planes. (nytimes.com)
- Coronavirus shutdowns can help us understand traffic congestion. (venturebeat.com)
- A growing number of planes are parked waiting out the pandemic. (bloomberg.com)
Science
- Covid-19 is one of hundreds of thousands of viruses. (nytimes.com)
- How squid communicate via bioluminescence. (nature.com)
- Teeth serve as an archive of your life. (nyu.edu)
- Aspirin doesn't do anything to prevent Alzheimer's disease. (newatlas.com)
Technology
- How Facebook ($FB) location data can be used to forecast the evolution of the pandemic. (statnews.com)
- Eight tech tasks to tackle while on lockdown including 'organizing your photos.' (fastcompany.com)
Behavior
- Ways to reduce anxiety in the age of coronavirus (or any other time). (nytimes.com)
- Panic scrolling through the news will not help you. (bloomberg.com)
- Why 'stress cleaning' makes you less anxious. (wired.com)
- What lessons we may learn about loneliness from coronavirus lockdowns. (newyorker.com)
- In praise of a good long walk. (thelily.com)
- 'Self-care' is fine in limited doses. (forge.medium.com)
Medicine
- Medical students are graduating into a pandemic. (nytimes.com)
- Post-coronavirus we are going to have to re-think our drug supply chains. (theconversation.com)
- Routine medical care is going by the wayside for now. (nytimes.com)
- There are plenty of existing drugs that could be used to combat Covid-19. (theconversation.com)
- Telemedicine's day has finally come. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
- Whenever we get back to work, the elderly will still be at elevated risk. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
Fitness
- Research showing that 'muscle memory' is real. (nytimes.com)
- Should you combine quarantine with calorie restriction? (bigthink.com)
- When everyone's home where do you workout? (wsj.com)
Dogs
Food safety
- A food safety guide. (seriouseats.com)
- What happens when workers in the food supply chain get sick? (bloomberg.com)
- Why you are unlikely to get Covid-19 through prepared food. (businessinsider.com)
Food
- Americans have embraced beans. (nytimes.com)
- Americans are stocking up on eggs. (eater.com)
- What farmers are doing to cope with coronavirus-related issues. (modernfarmer.com)
- On the origin of the name Triscuit. (brobible.com)
Drink
- How craft brewers are dealing with coronavirus and the drop in sales. (insidehook.com)
- Craft brewers are now focusing on unique yeasts. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- Aspiring actors are getting hit coming and going as sets and restaurants close. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Drive-in movie theaters are experiencing a resurgence. (nytimes.com)
- What explains the ongoing popularity of 'The Office'? (mashable.com)
- Stand up comedians are out of a job. (theringer.com)
College
- The Class of 2020 is graduating at the worst possible time, jobs-wise. (nytimes.com)
- The college admissions process is in chaos. (npr.org)
- Small town businesses dependent on college kids are hurting. (wsj.com)
- The flow of Chinese students to western universities is likely broken. (nytimes.com)
- No March Madness means a big cut in NCAA revenues to schools. (news.yahoo.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: ego and identity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: a welcome respite. (abnormalreturns.com)
