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
"Just a decade ago, the average American spent roughly the same amount of time with friends as Americans in the 1960s or 1970s. But we have now begun to cast off our connections to each other."
(Bryce Ward)
Environment
- It's now or never for nuclear power advocates. (bloomberg.com)
- The worse the climate gets, the more calls we will get for geoengineering. (thedailybeast.com)
- Human composting is the hot, new burial alternative. (axios.com)
Animals
- Why ants will likely outlast humanity. (nytimes.com)
- Capsaicin-spiked nets don't deter dolphins from stealing fish. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Where did all the snow crabs go? (nautil.us)
Covid
- Monoclonal antibodies are a spent force against Covid. (npr.org)
- A new target for variant-agnostic Covid vaccines. (thedailybeast.com)
- The best way to prevent a future pandemic is putting distance between humans and bats. (modernfarmer.com)
- What infectious disease experts are now recommending. (statnews.com)
Health
- Life expectancy in the U.S. keeps falling, but is bouncing back elsewhere. (scientificamerican.com)
- How exposure to air pollution can weaken our immune defenses. (newatlas.com)
- Eight lessons for dealing with hospitals when a relative is sick. (thinkadvisor.com)
- High HDL levels don't seem to help against cardiovascular disease. (sciencedaily.com)
- The symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency. (theconversation.com)
- There's no such thing as 'immunity debt.' (ft.com)
Food
- The plant-based meat industry has hit a wall. (nytimes.com)
- Reducing food waste requires a commitment from everyone. (eater.com)
- Researchers really don't agree on the causes of obesity. (nytimes.com)
- Extreme weather is bad for food prices. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
Sports
- Elite girls' soccer is still largely run by men. (washingtonpost.com)
- Money has poured into e-sports but profits are few and far between. (nytimes.com)
- Where elite chess stands after the big cheating controversy. (frontofficesports.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: revisiting Moneyball. (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)
