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
"Everyone you meet is living a story that you know nothing about."
(Joy Lere)
Transport
- How should self-driving cars be regulated? (theverge.com)
- How electric bikes can be used in a disaster-type situation. (wired.com)
Energy
- Why not site new nuclear facilities at old coal plants? (energy.gov)
- Why we need more efficient air conditioning. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why not float solar panels on the water? (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Farms are increasingly installing solar panels over active agricultural land. (axios.com)
Environment
- Nanoplastics have worked their way through the food chain. (newatlas.com)
- On the return of the American chestnut tree. (nytimes.com)
Science
- Enough with the 'scientific moonshots' already. (arstechnica.com)
- Are we looking for the wrong kind of extraterrestrials? (theatlantic.com)
- Where Saturn's rings came from. (science.org)
Oceans
- Why Seafood Watch put American lobsters on their do not eat list. (nytimes.com)
- How the circle of life works: the case of beached whales. (hakaimagazine.com)
- The totoaba fish is increasingly at-risk due to its prized bladder. (nationalgeographic.com)
Behavior
- The midlife crisis is real, and under appreciated. (marginalrevolution.com)
- More evidence that ketamine can help with medication-resistant depression. (washingtonpost.com)
- Eating at night is associated with higher levels of depression. (sciencedaily.com)
- There is a link between living at altitude and suicide. (bigthink.com)
- Why therapists don't take insurance. (slate.com)
Health
- Monkeypox cases are now falling. (wired.com)
- Chemically induced obesity is no longer a fringe hypothesis. (bloomberg.com)
- Why don't new obesity treatments get more attention? (grid.news)
- Hospitals are being redesigned to handle a future pandemic surge. (nytimes.com)
- How air pollution could cause cancers. (bbc.com)
- There really is no treatment for meth overdoses. (statnews.com)
- Are gas stoves bad for your health? (theconversation.com)
- What does it mean to die of 'old age'? (wsj.com)
Vaccines
- It doesn't matter what arm you get your shots in. (theatlantic.com)
- Boosters have been shown to reduce the worst Covid outcomes. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- Mark Caro, "There may be no correlation between the severity of your COVID case and the lasting effect on your brain." (chicagomag.com)
- One in three infected but unvaccinated persons no longer have detectable antibodies one year after the infection. (sciencedaily.com)
- How flushing sinuses during a Covid infection can aid recovery. (sciencedaily.com)
- Why do some people seemingly have immunity to Covid? (wired.com)
- What does it mean if you haven't had Covid yet? (npr.org)
- Covid may increase the risk of dementia. (sciencedaily.com)
Sleep
- How poor sleep can increase overeating. (washingtonpost.com)
- Seriously, just go to sleep. (artofmanliness.com)
Fitness
Food
- The numbers show no-till farmland is more highly valued. (modernfarmer.com)
- The tide is turning for animal welfare. (vox.com)
- How eating at night is associated with bad behavior. (sciencedaily.com)
- The shine is off the Instant Pot phenomenon. (eater.com)
Drink
- Celebrating 'soberversaries' is now a thing. (axios.com)
- Why more young people are going sober. (huckmag.com)
- Even low doses of alcohol can prime the brain for addiction. (sciencedaily.com)
- The case for raising taxes on alcohol to reduce alcohol-related deaths. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- How ownership of the Chicago Bears has stayed in the family for so long. (sportico.com)
- Dedicated sports funds could further boost sports club valuations. (frontofficesports.com)
College
- Why we should get rid of college rating systems. (humbledollar.com)
- The best MBA schools ranked with Stanford at the top. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: investor feedback. (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)
