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
"Seeking to find a single cause for a crash is a fundamentally flawed approach to road safety, but it underpins much of American traffic enforcement and crash prevention."
(David Zipper)
Autos
- Don't turn in your leased car until you check the price of it in the market. (nytimes.com)
- You can't talk about EVs without mentioning tax credits. (wsj.com)
- Climate-controlled seating is becoming a mass market item. (marketwatch.com)
Transport
- Boats are the next industry to go electric. (bloomberg.com)
- Porsche has acquired a majority stake in e-bike maker Greyp. (theverge.com)
- Are we getting any closer to drone-based deliveries? (techcrunch.com)
Energy
- Why optimism is now rising for the prospects of nuclear fusion. (on.ft.com)
- If the future is electric, then we need to recycle spent batteries. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Environment
- 'Climate refugees' are now a thing in the U.S. (politico.com)
- Farms are a big new market for cabon credits. (nytimes.com)
Animals
- Armadillos have made their way into North Carolina. (wired.com)
- How do pigeons find their way home? (thewalrus.ca)
The sea
- Industrial fishing changed a fundamental thing about the ocean. (wired.com)
- Why we should feed fish fungi, instead of soy meal. (bloomberg.com)
- If lobsters are sentient, then boiling them alive is cruel. (modernfarmer.com)
- The vaquita is on the verge of extinction. (nytimes.com)
Space
- Startup Astra is the fastest company to reach space. (newatlas.com)
- Nasa's Dart mission is on its way to an asteroid to prove that we can alter its trajectory. (bbc.com)
Health
- Why surgeons still operate on the wrong body part. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why so many nutritional supplement overlap in their ingredients. (theatlantic.com)
Fitness
- The older you get, the more important physical activity becomes. (scientificamerican.com)
- Exercise generates higher levels of endocannabinoids. (newatlas.com)
- How exercise interacts with intermittent fasting. (newatlas.com)
Food
- Why 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' isn't really about the food. (theatlantic.com)
- Ghost kitchens are all about data. (ft.com)
Drink
- Distillers and winemakers are struggling with a bottle shortage. (ft.com)
- Whiskey makers have a carbon problem. (ft.com)
Sports
- Fenway Sports Group wants to become a pro sports conglomerate. (axios.com)
- More European football teams are selling to owners with questionable backgrounds. (marker.medium.com)
- Sports was a big part of the rise of HBO. (theringer.com)
- Chess is now in flux with the growing importance of online. (washingtonpost.com)
Children
- Some school districts are closing on an impromptu basis which is putting parents in a bind. (npr.org)
- Five insights from Blythe Grossberg's new book "I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent." (fastcompany.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: viral evolution. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the reality of inflation. (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)