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
"And now we’re suffering from the very openness and ease of connection that the internet was built on. Because a collection of angry people talking past each other isn’t a community."
(Seth Godin)
Autos
- The Ford ($F) Mustang Mach-E is the best EV that isn't a Tesla ($TSLA) or Porshce. (theverge.com)
- How hard will it be to move the federal fleet to EVs? (wired.com)
- Car insurance premiums fell by 4%, on average, in 2020. (wsj.com)
- Roundabouts work to reduce traffic fatalities. (thealmanac.net)
Energy
- Falling renewable energy costs are upending the climate change equation. (arstechnica.com)
- South Korea is planning the world's largest offshore wind farm. (reuters.com)
- A first hand example of how rooftop solar works. (avc.com)
Environment
- Can economists help put a price on the value of biodiversity? (economist.com)
- Global surface temperatures visualized over time. (visualcapitalist.com)
- EU carbon prices are at record highs. (ft.com)
Technology
- Apple ($AAPL) is working for a fix for Face ID when wearing a mask. (wired.com)
- Misinformation is coming to private messaging services like Telegram and Signal. (nytimes.com)
- What changes to the Google Chrome browser mean for advertisers. (washingtonpost.com)
Science
- Scientists just found a new kind of whale. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Paleontologists have unearthed the largest dinosaur specimen ever. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Humans have really only been settling down for some 9,000 years. (nextbigideaclub.com)
The brain
- Psychedelic therapy is imminent and more training will be needed to handle demand. (bigthink.com)
- Researchers are continuing to explore how the gut microbiome affects the brain. (nature.com)
- More on the relationship between chronic inflammation and Alzheimer's disease. (knowablemagazine.org)
Health
- Humans take their sense of smell for granted until they lose it, like with Covid. (nytimes.com)
- What researcher are learning about aging by studying dogs. (nautil.us)
Food
- How the pandemic will change restaurant design. (seattle.eater.com)
- On the morality of lab-grown meat. (slate.com)
Drink
- Uber ($UBER) is buying alcohol delivery startup Drizly. (cnbc.com)
- A new year brings the same problems fore winemakers. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- Minor league baseball teams have been through a rough year. (ozy.com)
- Research shows the risk of concussions in football practice is as high as in games. (nytimes.com)
- Fanatics is pushing into the memorabilia business. (sportico.com)
Parenting
- Jordan Shapiro, "Today’s fathers are caught in a classic case of cognitive dissonance." (nautil.us)
- Men lag in 'high intensity' care giving. (fortune.com)
- Why your kid wears shorts in Winter. (nytimes.com)
College
- Some practical advice on how to pay for college including the growing importance of 'merit aid.' (marketplace.org)
- The college admission process is fraught with emotion. (nytimes.com)
- Is the pandemic going to bend the curve on college tuition inflation? (visualcapitalist.com)
Stanley Tucci
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: first doses first. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: changing your mind is a superpower. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Friends don't leave friends holding the bag. (abnormalreturns.com)
- February ESG links: sustainable indices. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Tired of reading? Listen to your favorite bloggers read some their recent posts on The Goldmine. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter just for advisers. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
