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
"In short, creating a great restaurant takes much than having a great plan, strategy or unique differential. It is a commitment to a long journey with an uncertain destination. Most restaurants don’t succeed, and each successful restaurant is unique."
(G. C. Stein)
Autos
- Rivian ($RIVN) is struggling to manufacture their EVs at scale. (wsj.com)
- The NHTSA is expanding its investigation of Tesla ($TSLA) Autopilot. (autoweek.com)
- Could autonomous trucks solve the "middle mile" delivery problem? (axios.com)
- Why EVs are getting more expensive. (slate.com)
Energy
- Canada's oil sands are once again a hot property. (ft.com)
- Australia shows how to push rooftop solar. (nytimes.com)
- Australia is exporting too much natural gas. (qz.com)
- Wind turbine manufacturers are looking to make their blades recyclable. (cnbc.com)
Water
- Dan Nosowitz, "The West is hotter and drier each year." (modernfarmer.com)
- The Great Salt Lake in Utah is drying up. That is not a good thing. (nytimes.com)
- California is considering buying out farmer water rights. (modernfarmer.com)
Environment
- How wildfires pollute existing water supplies. (cnn.com)
- "Our wildfire crisis requires us to reimagine the way we build and live in fire-prone areas to adapt our communities and landscapes to future climate conditions." (slate.com)
- To make construction more sustainable more of it needs to be done offsite. (nytimes.com)
Space
- Space debris is a growing problem. (ig.ft.com)
- The James Webb Space Telescope is taking some hits from micrometeroids. (axios.com)
- X-ray astronomy is now coming of age. (axios.com)
Animals
- Judith Matloff, "If you’re going to get one animal to survive drought, get a goat." (modernfarmer.com)
- Why do whale sharks dive so deep underwater? (knowablemagazine.org)
Travel
- Small towns are increasing at-risk of losing their scheduled flights. (wsj.com)
- Airlines need to cut scheduled flights to improve reliability. (ft.com)
- Airlines are loosening their restrictions around flight attendance appearance. (wsj.com)
Technology
- What is the fewest number of apps you could live with on your phone? (primecuts.substack.com)
- Demand for specialized robots is on the rise. (axios.com)
Behavior
- Five insights from "Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad)" by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How to increase happiness through cursing, in moderation. (theatlantic.com)
- Fewer friends trumps more weak friendships. (vox.com)
- How to fight stress. (spilledcoffee.substack.com)
Health
- A drug to treat Type 2 diabetes is effective in helping overweight people lost weight. (cnn.com)
- Monkeypox has been spreading in humans for years, undetected. (newscientist.com)
- More evidence that obesity is a strong driver of cancer risk. (nytimes.com)
- Why the donated blood from people with hemochromatosis is often thrown out. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Improving indoor air quality is important, Covid or not. (scientificamerican.com)
- Saudi Arabia is set to spend big on aging research. (technologyreview.com)
- Blood tests for cancer are a double-edged sword. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- A bi-valent Moderna ($MRNA) vaccine seems to be more effective against Omicron. (statnews.com)
- The Novavax ($NVAX) shot is nearing approval. (biopharmadive.com)
- Don't expect a lot of uptake for the under 5 crowd. (theatlantic.com)
- AstraZeneca's ($AZN) Evusheld was shown effective in preventing severe disease, post-infection. (wsj.com)
- Long Covid could change how we think about disability. (washingtonpost.com)
- What does a negative Covid test mean these days? (theatlantic.com)
- We should be doubling down on wastewater surveillance. (sciencedaily.com)
- Universities are the cutting edge for Covid surveillance. (sciencedaily.com)
Food
- Why meat prices have outpaced inflation. (vox.com)
- How Georgia's peach growers are trying to adapt to climate change. (modernfarmer.com)
- Eating local is all well and good, but there are other things that can reduce your carbon footprint. (vox.com)
- Chefs are seeing their pay rise, post-pandemic. (nypost.com)
Drink
- Non-alcoholic drink options are gaining momentum. (cnn.com)
- Low alcohol beer sales have taken off in the UK. (ft.com)
- German brewers are asking customers to bring their bottles back. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- Why you should approach youth sports with a little more perspective. (joylere.substack.com)
- Why no one wants to be a youth sports official any more. (businessinsider.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the history of sportswashing` (abnormalreturns.com)
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