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
"How your company is handling back to the office is reflective of how they they will handle pretty much any obstacle or crisis."
(Anne Helen Petersen)
Autos
- Highway deaths in the U.S. are soaring. (axios.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is planning a 'crash detection' feature for iPhones and Watches. (wsj.com)
- Many Americans are overpaying for auto loans. (consumerreports.org)
- A profile of Linda Zhang who is the chief engineer for Ford’s F-150 Lightning. (time.com)
- Why Amazon ($AMZN) delivery truck backup sensors sound that way. (inputmag.com)
- How are used batteries recycled? (wired.com)
Nuclear
- Fusion energy startup Helion has raised $500 million with a 2024 goal. (axios.com)
- A Q&A with Radiant CEO, Doug Bernauer, on building 1.2-megawatt nuclear reactors. (marketwatch.com)
Energy
- A crackdown on methane emissions from oil and gas wells is coming. (bbc.com)
- South Africa, the 12th biggest polluter, is set to wean itself off of coal. (dailymaverick.co.za)
- Greater energy efficiency makes for less need for power. (sciencedaily.com)
- You can't fix the U.S. energy system without fixing the grid. (caia.org)
- A history of the U.S. power grid and what it needs to get smarter. (scientificamerican.com)
Water
- Sam Meredith, "In and around the world's highest mountains, glacial lake outburst floods pose a worsening threat to an increasing number of people." (cnbc.com)
- Sea level rise is a global issue that can only be mitigated on a local level. (daily.jstor.org)
- Just because Chicago is on Lake Michigan doesn't mean it is immune from water issues. (cnbc.com)
Environment
- The Hamptons wants to stave off the effects of climate change with a lot of money and sand. (bloomberg.com)
- Poorer Americans live closer to sites with toxic emissions. (propublica.org)
- Ammonia emissions, largely unregulated, are a big contributor to air pollution. (newscientist.com)
- Why Iceland is a perfect place to test carbon capture technology. (nytimes.com)
- The problem of plastics in the ocean is only getting worse. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- You can't recycle plastic in the Arctic. (wired.com)
- Cities are hiring 'chief heat officers.' (axios.com)
Animals
- Whales eat a lot more than previously thought which means they are a bigger part of the ocean ecosystem than thought. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Florida is seeing record sea turtle nestings this year. (thehill.com)
- Monarch butterflies have returned to California in big numbers this year. (goodnewsnetwork.org)
- Maine has a moose problem. (wsj.com)
Science
- How lidar has revolutionized archaeology. (arstechnica.com)
- Melting ice and permafrost is exposing all manner of stuff, but time is tight. (nytimes.com)
- It now seems that the Vikings beat the Portugese to the Azores. (theguardian.com)
Technology
- Facebook ($FB) is just one player in the race to build the metaverse. (wsj.com)
- Neeva want to take on Google ($GOOGL) in search with a very different business model. (fallows.substack.com)
- Why billionaires are rushing to launch satellites for Internet service. (washingtonpost.com)
- How new supercomputers are helping the National Weather Service make better forecasts. (technologyreview.com)
- When it comes to passwords, the longer the better. (venturebeat.com)
Behavior
- Why workers are reluctant to use mental health benefits. (wsj.com)
- Why moving for better weather is no guarantee of success. (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from Jessica Nordell's new book "The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias." (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Four things to help you live in the moment. (bakadesuyo.com)
Medicine
- CVS ($CVS) wants to start hiring doctors. (wsj.com)
- There is a downside to aggressively treating diabetics - hypoglycemia deaths. (reuters.com)
- Unproven stem cell treatments are now being marketed widely. (theverge.com)
- Nurses are burned out. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- Another sign that the public health system in the U.S. is broken. (propublica.org)
- The HPV vaccine works in reducing cervical cancer. (bbc.com)
- We're more closely mapping the brain but don't know all that much more about how it all works. (nautil.us)
- In praise of the modern root canal therapy. (theatlantic.com)
Fitness
- The case for doing cardio before weights. (nytimes.com)
- The pandemic is not over yet for in-person gyms. (wsj.com)
- For otherwise healthy men, diet won't move your testosterone levels much. (nytimes.com)
Dogs
- Dogs are going to struggle as people go back to work. (scientificamerican.com)
- Why do dogs tilt their heads? (science.org)
Food
- Voters in Maine approved a referendum to add a “right to food” amendment to the state’s constitution. (modernfarmer.com)
- Obesity rates are on the rise despite falling sugar consumption. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Chefs are kicking avocado to the curb. (eater.com)
Sports
- It's not just you, more people are wearing Hoka running shoes. (frontofficesports.com)
- How the Ivy League handled Covid-19. (frontofficesports.com)
- The origin story of pickleball. (mentalfloss.com)
Profiles
- A profile of Michael Rubin, founder and chief executive of Fanatics. (nytimes.com)
- How Dan Orlovsky went from backup QB to top ESPN NFL analyst. (indystar.com)
- Addiction and the heartbreaking story of Colt Brennan. (si.com)
College
- Making the case for an 'Amazon ($AMZN) of online college.' (overcomingbias.com)
- MBA students are pretty good about managing student loans. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: an uncontrolled experiment. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: supply chain economics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: important information. (abnormalreturns.com)
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