On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"Staying ready means you never have to get ready."
(Joseph Wells)
Autos
- Mercedes-Benz is planning to be all-EV by 2030. (nytimes.com)
- Full-autonomous driving is a moonshot. Is ADAS a better way forward? (ft.com)
- Uber Freight is buying logistics services provider Transplace. (wsj.com)
- Rivian is building a second assembly plant. (techcrunch.com)
Energy
- Kenya is becoming a geothermal energy powerhouse. (bloomberg.com)
- Thawing permafrost puts Alaskan oil pipelines at risk. (scientificamerican.com)
Fire
- There's no escaping this Summer's wildfire smoke. (fastcompany.com)
- Siberia is seeing its own fire problem. (nytimes.com)
- Why prescribed burns are going to have to be used to reduce the intensity of wildfires. (nytimes.com)
Water
- The West's water crisis is here. (washingtonpost.com)
- The West's drought has lasted longer than the Dust Bowl. (scientificamerican.com)
- The American Southwest needs to adapt to less water. (bloomberg.com)
- This Utah town has stopped new construction to preserve water resources. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- Scientists wonder if our climate models broken. (axios.com)
- CO2 emissions are set to reach a new record in 2023. (fortune.com)
- You can't separate what's going on at the border from climate change. (politico.com)
- China has launched its first national emissions-trading scheme. (nature.com)
- Cooks are in no hurry to give up their gas stoves. (wsj.com)
- The environmental argument against the penny. (politicalcalculations.blogspot.com)
- How do 'shampoo bars' work? (huffpost.com)
Rocket launches
- What are the environmental consequences of space launches? (protocol.com)
- How the FAA manages air traffic around rocket launches. (axios.com)
Travel
- Americans just can't stay off airplanes. (nytimes.com)
- Airbnb, VRBO and others are fighting like tooth and nail for hosts. (bloomberg.com)
- 'Air rage' is on the rise and the system is having hard time keeping up. (washingtonpost.com)
- Trains are more environmentally friendly than planes but are more expensive. (theguardian.com)
- Rising covid rates could see the return of local travel advisories. (axios.com)
Technology
- China has been building its cyber warfare capabilities for a long time. (nytimes.com)
- Why mobile operating systems are seemingly so easy to hack. (wired.com)
- DuckDuckGo wants to make your e-mails more secure. (theverge.com)
- The FTC voted unanimously to enforce laws around the Right to Repair (wired.com)
Vaccines
- There are now two good options for pneumococcal vaccines. (biopharmadive.com)
- The next target for mRNA tech: influenza. (wsj.com)
Health
- The U.S. saw its biggest drop in life expectancy since WWII. (statnews.com)
- Extreme heat is the deadliest weather to humans. (scientificamerican.com)
- America's health system ignores paramedics at its own risk. (theatlantic.com)
- We're still scratching the surface on the importance of the microbiome. (theguardian.com)
Behavior
- Joy Lere, "We don’t get over loss, we assimilate it." (joylere.substack.com)
- Five insights from Luke Burgis' "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Perfectionism can get passed down through families. (theatlantic.com)
- Emotions are contagious. (msn.com)
Marijuana
- Illegal marijuana growers in California are not shy about stealing water as well. (hcn.org)
- Five myths about marijuana inluding 'Legalization has been a public health disaster.' (washingtonpost.com)
- There's not much in the way of evidence to ban the use of cannabis by athletes. (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- New York city's food carts need workers back in the office. (nytimes.com)
- A single tweak can boost crop yields some 50%. (newatlas.com)
- Impossible Foods is planning to launch a plant-based chicken nugget. (bloomberg.com)
- Instacart dominates grocery delivery. (secondmeasure.com)
- Why is food becoming less nutritious over time? (newscientist.com)
- Is oat milk all that eco-friendly? (slate.com)
Drink
- Nicholas R. Longrich, "Archaeology suggests alcohol and drugs date back millennia, to early agricultural societies." (theconversation.com)
- Climate change comes for wine country. (nytimes.com)
- Why craft brewers are focusing on low alcohol versions of their brews. (theconversation.com)
- Why you can't order directly from your favorite distillery. (modernfarmer.com)
MLB
- Despite some changes, minor league baseball players are still woefully underpaid. (washingtonpost.com)
- What's changed for pitchers since MLB cracked down on the sticky stuff. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
Education
- Some states are turning federal aid into teacher bonuses. (wsj.com)
- How to raise kids who are 'generous, honest, helpful and kind.' (scientificamerican.com)
- Why most people don't like math: it's not taught well. (fs.blog)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: fallen off a cliff. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: embracing discomfort. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The whole world is turning Japanese, demographically speaking (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't throw away other people's hard-earned money lessons. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
