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
"When people are forced to adjust, as happened during peak pandemic times, they learn new things."
(Tyler Cowen)
EVs
- EVs are still out of reach for most car buyers. (nytimes.com)
- Battery raw material costs are on the rise. (ft.com)
- A nationwide network of chargers is going to be expensive. (axios.com)
- Where there are still big gaps in EV charging networks. (bloomberg.com)
Energy
- Solar panels allow for crops to be grown underneath. (e360.yale.edu)
- A potential side effect of electrifying more home appliances. (axios.com)
- How to cool homes more efficiently. (vox.com)
Environment
- The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet. (npr.org)
- New Zealand land use is in upheaval as 'carbon farming' takes hold. (nytimes.com)
- Signs from the Deepwater Horizon disaster are still visible. (gizmodo.com)
- We are all going to pay for washed away beachfront homes. (nytimes.com)
- Some Californians are taking wildfire mitigation into their own hands. (ft.com)
- Climate change is a boon to archaeologists. (bloomberg.com)
Animals
- The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is likely to become law. (vox.com)
- A lot of effort is being used to keep sea lampreys at bay in the Great Lakes. (wired.com)
- Check out a new species of jellyfish. (theguardian.com)
Technology
- Why don't Apple ($AAPL) Stores have a checkout counter? (yourappleupdate.substack.com)
- Five insights from "Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It" by Kaitlyn Tiffany. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Why moderation alone won't fix the problems of social media. (technologyreview.com)
- Google Fiber is expanding. (theverge.com)
Behavior
- Thinking hard really does wear you out. (sciencedaily.com)
- For better mental health, get out into nature. (msn.com)
- How a belief in luck can help your outlook. (wired.com)
- The culture war has moved onto SSRIs. (slate.com)
- Keeping an open mind takes work. (theconversation.com)
- Why aren't smart people happier? (experimentalhistory.substack.com)
Covid
- Post-infection issues are not unique to Covid. (theatlantic.com)
- There seems to be a relationship between (low) cortisol levels and long Covid. (fortune.com)
- There is still a lot to understand about the relationship between Covid and heart issues. (nature.com)
- The case for Covid vaccines in pregnancy. (newscientist.com)
- The many ways that people are memorializing Covid victims. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Influenza is back with a vengeance in the Southern hemisphere. (usatoday.com)
- A vaccine for Lyme disease is in its final clinical trial. (newatlas.com)
- Vitamins are pretty much useless. (parentdata.org)
Food
- A look at what's driving restaurant inflation. (nytimes.com)
- Why you should just plan on splitting every restaurant meal. (theatlantic.com)
- How much of food waste is due to ill-conceived expiration dates? (fastcompany.com)
- Lab-grown fish sticks are coming. (smithsonianmag.com)
- The meat paradox is real. (vox.com)
Sports
- How Mel Tucker's new contract with MSU upended college football. (mlive.com)
- Endeavor ($EDR) is getting out of the business of minor league baseball. (frontofficesports.com)
- More signs that pickleball is taking over the world. (hollywoodreporter.com)
College
- How to choose a college major. (giansegato.com)
- The economics of college majors is more complex than the averages. (papers.ssrn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: effective altruism. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't let inertia keep you from learning something new (and useful). (abnormalreturns.com)
- My Q&A with Eric Barker author of “Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong.” (abnormalreturns.com)
- Calibrating your work-life balance. (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)
