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
"The captivating charm of the sport is its ability to connect strangers from all walks of life."
(Katrina vanden Heuvel)
Chart of the Day
Apple Maps continues to make progress, ten years in. (chart via @ycharts)
EVs
- Honda and LG Energy Solution are building a new EV factory in Ohio. (arstechnica.com)
- In an ideal world we would be pushing PHEVs for now. (axios.com)
- Some ways that the U.S. is starting from scratch with EVs. (vox.com)
- Why range anxiety is overblown. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- More countries are backtracking when it comes to nuclear power shutdowns. (wsj.com)
- U.S. coal plants are getting a reprieve. (ft.com)
- Light colored roofs are low hanging fruit. (theatlantic.com)
- Covering water canals with solar panels is a no-brainer. (axios.com)
- Check out a cool new wind turbine design. (newatlas.com)
- A 'green superyacht' is an oxymoron. (ft.com)
Environment
- Temperatures at night are rising faster than during the day. (hcn.org)
- More sea level rise is baked into the cake. (apnews.com)
- How wildfire experience affects the desire to relocate. (link.springer.com)
- Water is increasingly a calculus for companies and investors. (barrons.com)
- What 'super glass' could achieve efficiency-wise. (axios.com)
- How grasses and bivalves make for healthy waterways. (e360.yale.edu)
Travel
- There is plenty of skepticism that supersonic jets are coming any time soon. (ft.com)
- European river cruises are being disrupted by low river levels. (nytimes.com)
- Some tips for flying including keep your shoes on. (washingtonpost.com)
Science
- Spaceflight is not great for the body. (phys.org)
- Why some volcanoes erupt with no warning. (axios.com)
Animals
- Alaska is seeing a sharp downturn in snow crab catches. (washingtonpost.com)
- How satellites are being used to track illegal fishing. (wired.com)
- How to keep seals away from endangered salmom. (hakaimagazine.com)
- What rights should cephalopods have? (nytimes.com)
Technology
- Apple Maps continues to make progress, ten years in. (theverge.com)
- How drones are being used to identify landmines in Ukraine. (axios.com)
- Will synthetic voices put actors out of business? (ft.com)
- Mobile phones have killed the nude beach. (theatlantic.com)
Behavior
- On the dangers of overmedicating teens. (nytimes.com)
- What responsibility do people who talk about mental health online have? (washingtonpost.com)
- Where people find meaning in their every day lives. (flowingdata.com)
- Beware the hype around psychdelics. (wired.com)
Covid
- The FDA has authorized vaccine updates from Pfizer ($PFE) and Moderna ($MRNA). (statnews.com)
- Commercialized Covid vaccines are going to make it harder to get people vaccinated. (theatlantic.com)
- Five questions about the new booster shots answered. (theconversation.com)
- Booster rates help explain Covid fatality rates. (theconversation.com)
- SARS-CoV-2 antigen levels are associated with patient outcomes. (sciencedaily.com)
- Paxlovid was only effective in the over 65 crowd. (nytimes.com)
- Covid death rates remain stubbornly high in the U.S. (vox.com)
Health
- Life expectancy in the U.S. fell in 2021, for the second year in a row. (npr.org)
- What is long Covid-like symptoms are masking other problems? (wired.com)
- Water flouridation works. (sciencedaily.com)
Food
- Culinary schools are closing as enrollment declines. (washingtonpost.com)
- Starbucks ($SBUX) is looking for efficiencies. (wsj.com)
- How 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' kicked of the American omakase boom. (eater.com)
- Why do so many chefs love Popeye's chicken? (vice.com)
- Why farmed salmon isn't sustainable. (bloomberg.com)
- Meat-free filets have a way to go. (insidehook.com)
Drink
- Alcohol alternatives are seeing rapid sales growth. (wsj.com)
- In praise of the 'pool beer.' (punchdrink.com)
Children
- First hand accounts why teachers are leaving the profession. (bloomberg.com)
- Teacher shortages are dependent on pay and specialty. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: managing complexity. (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)
