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
"Health is health. Mental health is the same as physical health."
(Claudia Sahm)
Autos
- Hyundai and Kia outsold Honda in the U.S. for the first time. (cnn.com)
- The 2022 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year snubbed EVs. (axios.com)
- Peer-to-peer car sharing service Turo is planning an IPO. (techcrunch.com)
Energy
- Why did the costs of nuclear power stop going down? (austinvernon.site)
- What's involved with the DOE's “Building a Better Grid” initiative. (theverge.com)
- It's hard to see how we decarbonize the economy without nuclear energy. (wsj.com)
- Battery Resourcers is set to open the nation's biggest battery recycling plant. (fastcompany.com)
Climate change
- 2021 was the second-worst year for weather disasters in the U.S. (washingtonpost.com)
- A fifth of the planet experienced record temperatures in 2021. (cbsnews.com)
- Measures of ocean temperatures hit another record high. (theguardian.com)
Environment
- Why hurricanes are likely to shift their way North. (wsj.com)
- Why the cleaving of the Thwaites Glacier would be really bad. (rollingstone.com)
- The U.S. is looking to increase the use of cover crops. (reuters.com)
- Plant seeds travel via animals, which is a problem for plants. (vox.com)
- How companies can design their products to be more recyclable. (fastcompany.com)
Archaeology
- How a badger unearthed a trove of Roman-era coins. (thelocal.es)
- Humans have been in the Americas far longer than commonly believed. (this-is-critical-with-virginia-heffernan.simplecast.com)
Space
- The JWST still has a ways to go before becoming operational. (syfy.com)
- Satellite images of the huge Tonga volcanic eruption. (space.com)
Science
- Rationality has been on the decline for decades. (phys.org)
- AI is making a 'post-theory science' possible. (theguardian.com)
Travel
- Why airlines' old forecasting models won't work. (bloomberg.com)
- Why ski resorts are jammed. (wsj.com)
Technology
Behavior
- The link between exercise and reduced anxiety is strong. (nytimes.com)
- Forming new habits is simple but not easy. (theatlantic.com)
- On the link between helping and happiness. (bakadesuyo.com)
Health
- Covid and at-home tests are turning consumers into do-it-yourselfers. (wsj.com)
- Some more evidence that MS may be caused by a virus. (statnews.com)
- Six investments in your long term health. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How pharmaceuticals get their names. (wsj.com)
Sleep
- How a 'two-week test' can help reset your sleep patterns. (wsj.com)
- Sleep matters. Don't shortchange yourself. (humbledollar.com)
Weed
- How Oklahoma became a boom state for weed. (news.yahoo.com)
- Why legal weed didn't kill off the black market in Oregon. (politico.com)
- Jesse Pujji talks with Jeff Hoffman of Marathon Partners Equity Management about the business of weed. (podcasts.apple.com)
Food
- Veganuary isn't catching on just yet. (axios.com)
- The pandemic only temporarily put a dent in booze sales. (bloomberg.com)
- Some hope of saving the Cavendish banana. (modernfarmer.com)
Movies
- Big stars draw eyeballs on streaming: the case of 'Don't Look Up.' (variety.com)
- Why do movies all look so gray and washed out? (vox.com)
- Eight tips on how to watch movies. (marginalrevolution.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: two years of knowledge. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: surprising 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)
