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
"Wisdom is the co-existence of contradictory truths."
(Lawrence Yeo)
Chart of the Day
It’s not just the U.S. – SUVs are growing in popularity around the world.
Autos
- How are AVs going to interact with pedestrians? (axios.com)
- It's going to be awhile before EV charging is ubiquitous. (ft.com)
- The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association, a nonprofit that reimburses auto insurers for personal injury medical costs, is running a surplus. (npr.org)
Transport
- Mercedes Benz spun off Daimler Truck. (nytimes.com)
- European cities are dealing with an growing number of scooter crashes. (wired.com)
- Why drone delivery is inevitable. (thediff.co)
Energy
- Why France lags in the installation of wind power. (ft.com)
- Solar panels need to be built with recycling in mind. (fastcompany.com)
- How solar panels and farming can work together. (wired.com)
Environment
- More parts of the American West will soon be snow-free. (washingtonpost.com)
- Rainfall patterns in the U.S. show climate is already changing. (usatoday.com)
- Insights from John Doerr's new book "Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now." (theatlantic.com)
Animals
- Warmer ocean water is putting more species at-risk. (hcn.org)
- Wildlife officials are planning to help feed Florida's at-risk manatees. (nytimes.com)
- Ranking biomass on Earth. (nautil.us)
Space
- The James Webb Space Telescope is the 'next Hubble' and much more. (theatlantic.com)
- SpaceX is having production problems with its Starship Raptor engine. (spaceexplored.com)
- A machine that flings satellites into orbit? Yes, please. (bigthink.com)
Technology
- People are still using stupid passwords. (vice.com)
- Three steps to make social media less toxic including 'Reduce the reach of unverified accounts.' (theatlantic.com)
- Biometrics are making headway at the nation's airports. (nytimes.com)
- Companies are betting THAT we want to be online more, not less. Is that really the case? (buzzfeednews.com)
Behavior
- Is there a relationship between depression and inflammation? (newatlas.com)
- Research shows that testosterone promotes competitive persistence. (bigthink.com)
- Do e-cigarettes actually help people quit cigarettes? (nytimes.com)
- Five insights from "The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters" by Eric J. Johnson. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Can AI be used to improve therapy? (technologyreview.com)
Health
- Women doctors earn less than male doctors from the get-go. (nytimes.com)
- The placebo effect is growing in the U.S. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Getting cataracts removed decreases the future risk of dementia. (newscientist.com)
- Chronic stress ages us epigenetically. (sciencedaily.com)
Fitness
- Staying physically active may help protect the aging brain. (nytimes.com)
- Massage has been show to speed up healing from muscle injury. (nautil.us)
Food
- California's dairy farmers are struggling with water shortages. (wsj.com)
- What we can learn from the Four Corners potato. (thecounter.org)
- It's hard to go wrong with a store-bought rotisserie chicken. (eater.com)
- How Liquid Death became a hot brand. (eater.com)
Sports
- Computers are forcing chess champion Magnus Carlsen to become even more creative. (wsj.com)
- How sabermetrics helped ruin baseball. (freddiedeboer.substack.com)
Best TV shows of 2021
- The top 10 TV shows of 2021 including 'For All Mankind.' (theringer.com)
- The 16 best TV shows of 2021 including 'Mare of Easttown.' (theatlantic.com)
- The best TV shows of 2021 including 'Only Murders in the Building.' (newyorker.com)
Best movies of 2021
- The best movies of 2021 including 'Summer of Love.' (nytimes.com)
- The best movies of 2021 including 'Licorice Pizza.' (theatlantic.com)
- The best movies of 2021 including 'Spencer.' (variety.com)
- The best movies of 2021 including 'Dune.' (theringer.com)
Best music of 2021
- The 50 best albums of 2021 including "Hey What" by Low. (pitchfork.com)
- The best albums of 2021 including 'Sour' by Olivia Rodrigo. (theringer.com)
- The best albums of 2021 including 'Soberish' by Liz Phair. (variety.com)
- The best 50 songs of 2021 including “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” by The War on Drugs. (pastemagazine.com)
- The 10 best songs of 2021 including “Justified,” Kacey Musgraves. (theringer.com)
Education
- Inflation-adjusted college tuition has stopped going up. (fullstackeconomics.com)
- How weird sentences help you learn a language. (slate.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: a volatile transition period. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: Podcast links: the business of sports. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A Q&A with Phil Huber author of the new book "The Allocator's Edge." (abnormalreturns.com)
- An anti-investment policy statement. (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)
Mixed media
- 52 things Tom Whitwell learned in 2021 including '10% of US electricity is generated from old Russian nuclear warheads.' (medium.com)
- 32 things Ryan Holiday loves including Magic Spoon cereal. (ryanholiday.net)
- Eight of the coolest things from 2021 including improved battery technology. (signalee.com)
