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
"I believe that as a culture we’re over-optimized for sympathy and under-optimized for compassion. This is probably largely social media’s fault, but not entirely."
(Mark Manson)
Chart of the Day
Even before the pandemic the parties were sorting on their ‘confidence in science.’
Autos
- Why Finland's roads are so safe. (bloomberg.com)
- An innovation that could speed battery recharging. (newscientist.com)
- What will a gas station of the future look like? (bloomberg.com)
Transport
- Amazon ($AMZN) will spend €1 billion over five years to electrify its delivery fleet in Europe. (theverge.com)
- Delta Air ($DAL) is investing in eVTOL maker Joby Aviation. (axios.com)
- What if Apple ($AAPL) made an e-bike? (bloomberg.com)
Energy
- Ethanol consumes about a third of U.S. corn production. (arstechnica.com)
- Good luck finding some one to install a new heat pump. (vox.com)
Environment
- Why $100/ton is ambitious when it comes to carbon dioxide removal. (protocol.com)
- How London is making progress reducing air pollution. (bloomberg.com)
- How might southwest Florida be rebuilt? (axios.com)
- Extreme weather is increasingly a security problem. (newscientist.com)
- Scientists are taking ancient tales of rapid flooding seriously. (theatlantic.com)
- How wildfires send fungi long distances. (wired.com)
Animals
- Alaska has cancelled its snow crab catch for the first time. (washingtonpost.com)
- Birds are in serious decline around the globe. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Should we be digging up deep sea beds in search of minerals? (vox.com)
- How vultures through their diet prevent carbon emissions. (scientificamerican.com)
- Gray whale numbers are in decline. (sciencedaily.com)
Travel
- A strong dollar makes overseas travel particularly attractive. (wsj.com)
- Why you should have a 'travel uniform.' (washingtonpost.com)
- Why airline carbon offsets are largely a sham. (qz.com)
Covid
- A nasal version of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has failed in an early-stage trial. (ft.com)
- The FDA has authorized bivalent boosters for teens and children. (statnews.com)
- The biggest health risks from a Covid infection are in the aftermath of its onset. (theatlantic.com)
- The U.S. is lagging in developing nasal vaccines. (politico.com)
- Scientists are designing better masks, but are unsure anyone will wear them. (theatlantic.com)
Colonoscopies
- A colonoscopy only works if you actually get one. (npr.org)
- How the media reports on scientific studies matters. (statnews.com)
Public health
- How did the U.S. go from leader to laggard on population health? (ritholtz.com)
- Maternity care 'deserts' are on the rise across the U.S. (statnews.com)
- Why monkeypox cases are in rapid decline. (nytimes.com)
Health
- The rich and famous are taking weight loss drug Ozempic. (wsj.com)
- Firefighters live, on average, ten years less likely due to chemical exposure. (pbs.org)
- Robots are coming for your prescription bottle. (wsj.com)
- Some words from a 'vaccine enthusiast.' (avc.com)
- Do fungi have a role in cancer? (smithsonianmag.com)
- How to get healthier fat. (washingtonpost.com)
Sleep
- Five insights from "Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep" by Russel Foster. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Sleep deprivation makes it harder to interact with other people. (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- Consumers are trading down when it comes to groceries. (cnn.com)
- On the economics of the Costco ($COST) rotisserie chicken. (link.thehustle.co)
- Are gummy vitamins just 'glorified candy'? (wsj.com)
- Menu 'hacks' have gotten out of hand. (eater.com)
- Would you eat jellyfish? (hakaimagazine.com)
Sports
- Puttshack attracts a $150 million growth equity round. (frontofficesports.com)
- Fanatics is getting into the sports betting business. (frontofficesports.com)
- Multi-directional sports are better for kids than straight running. (sciencedaily.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: knowing when to quit. (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)
