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
"If we commit to loving what we do, we’re more likely to find engagement and satisfaction. And if what we do changes, we can choose to love that too."
(Seth Godin)
Transport
- Hydrogen-powered semis are set to compete with electric. (axios.com)
- Arrival, the U.K.-based electric van and bus company, said Wednesday that BlackRock-managed funds are investing $118 million to help fuel its expansion. (axios.com)
- The used car market in pandemic is red hot. (cnbc.com)
Energy
- In some parts of the world, solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity. (theverge.com)
- Covid-19 is accelerating all the trends Big Oil was dreading. (bloomberg.com)
- The pandemic is only accelerating the construction of new renewable energy projects. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Re-mineralization is one way of accelerating carbon capture. (technologyreview.com)
- The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals. (nytimes.com)
- If you have the choice, choose electric stoves over natural gas. (theatlantic.com)
- What would happen if all of Antartica's ice melted? (wired.com)
Science
- Scientists have created a mystery material that seems to conduct electricity without any resistance at temperatures of up to about 15 °C. (nature.com)
- Why the Nobel Prizes have lost some of their luster. (msn.com)
Air travel
- Officials are planning a 'travel corridor' between New York and London with coronavirus tests on both sides of the Atlantic. (wsj.com)
- Once unthinkable, Southwest ($LUV) is using the pandemic to move into Chicago O'Hare and Houston's GW Bush airports. (wsj.com)
- Europe say the Boeing 737 MAX is safe to fly. (bloomberg.com)
- Even in Asia where Covid-19 is at low levels, cross-border air travel has barely recovered. (wsj.com)
Tourism
- When tourists return, Iceland doesn't want to make the same mistakes again. (nytimes.com)
- What it's like to get Machu Picchu all to yourself. (nytimes.com)
Technology
- Social media isn't to blame for misinformation about mail-in ballots. (vox.com)
- You're not missing much when it comes to 5G. (debugger.medium.com)
Behavior
- Is 'climate anxiety' a real thing? (scientificamerican.com)
- Early in pandemic the reduction in noise pollution was real. (bigthink.com)
- Why a stressed brain falls back into old patterns. (elemental.medium.com)
- Why we are attracted to people doing good. (bigthink.com)
- On the benefits of staying off social media. (forge.medium.com)
Biology
- Human biology registers two seasons not four. (med.stanford.edu)
- Researchers appear to have shown how the brain creates two different kinds of thirst. (npr.org)
- We still don't have a good answer on 'handedness' in humans. (wsj.com)
Sleep
- The US Army is encouraging soldiers to take power naps. (nytimes.com)
- Some yoga postures to do before bed to help you get to sleep faster. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- A vaccine will not come soon enough to save many gyms and fitness boutiques. (media.thinknum.com)
- Are you likely not too old for HIIT. (fastcompany.com)
- Crowded trails are forcing people to hike at night. (outsideonline.com)
Restaurants
- Restaurants and chefs are struggling with the demands of to-go food packaging. (wsj.com)
- How to support local restaurants as we head into the Winter. (nytimes.com)
- Restaurant reviews seem like a distant memory in pandemic. (insidehook.com)
Coffee
- Another reason to hold off on your first cup of coffee until later in the morning. (newatlas.com)
- The 25 countries that drink the most coffee per capita. (mentalfloss.com)
Food
- Why you should expect vertical farming to continue to expand. (ft.com)
- How Ÿnsect plans to bring edible insects to America. (fortune.com)
- Trends in leafy green consumption in the US show iceburg lettuce in secular decline. (msn.com)
Drink
- The California wildfires are going to disrupt more than a single winemaking season. (washingtonpost.com)
- American craft brewers have an insatiable desire for new, funky hops. (outsideonline.com)
- Younger Americans are increasingly abstaining from alcohol. (sciencedaily.com)
Sports
Entertainment
- Why does Netflix ($NFLX) keep cancelling its best shows early? (insider.com)
- Why British police shows are better than America's. (theatlantic.com)
College
- College enrollment for freshmen is down on average 16% this year. (wsj.com)
- Michigan State is still paying off bonds issued to finance the payments to the victims of Larry Nasser. (sportico.com)
MBA
- Harvard Business School has a new dean. (wsj.com)
- How Wendy York took an non-traditional route to be the dean of Clemson's College of Business. (wsj.com)
Work
- Things to consider before quitting your job in pandemic. (wsj.com)
- Across the board, companies are pushing back the date of a return to their offices to July 2020. (nytimes.com)
- How startups engage in 'talent arbitrage.' (casnocha.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the raw materials. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the value investing blues. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: overcoming myside bias. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: money missteps. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The blog 'celebrated' its fifteenth anniversary this week. If you can call it that. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Every Friday I send out five links for advisers to help them think a little differently about the world. Sign up now! (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Ground floor office space looks a lot more attractive than it used to. (nytimes.com)
- New York City is going to have a hard time recovering if commercial rents remain high. (nytimes.com)
- Young families are driving the move from the city to the suburbs. (wsj.com)
- Can New York City build its way out of the pandemic? (curbed.com)
