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
"Part of the job of making change is working to make sure a bad story doesn’t get in the way of good facts."
(Seth Godin)
Chart of the Day
The average NBA franchise is now worth $3.0 billion, with the Warriors topping the list.
EVs
- The more EVs are driven the better they are for the environment. (nytimes.com)
- School buses are a great use for EV technology. (thecooldown.com)
- Some EV manufacturers are dropping AM radios from their vehicles. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- It takes way too long to build a nuclear power plant. (jackdevanney.substack.com)
- How Germany is replacing Russian gas. (wsj.com)
- California is reducing the subsidies for residential solar. (nytimes.com)
Fusion
- What next for fusion energy research? (nature.com)
- Practical fusion energy is a long ways off. (axios.com)
- Why basic science matters, the case of fusion. (om.co)
- The science of nuclear fusion. (visualcapitalist.com)
Environment
- Rising methane levels are a growing problem. (wired.com)
- Why Big Tech is investing in carbon removal technologies. (notboring.co)
- The benefits of a potted Christmas tree. (npr.org)
- Oregon is filled with dead fir trees. (nbcnews.com)
Animals
- Climate refugees now include Australia's western swamp tortoise. (nytimes.com)
- Hurricane Ian devastated Florida's beekeepers. (nytimes.com)
- Mushrooms are the future of leather. (nytimes.com)
Behavior
- People underestimate the power of small acts of kindness. (scientificamerican.com)
- Chronic stress doesn't cause hypertension. (axios.com)
Smoking
- New Zealand is pushing hard to eliminate smoking. (science.org)
- Visualizing adult smoking rates around the world. (visualcapitalist.com)
Covid
- 2020-21 saw some 15 million excess deaths worldwide. (newscientist.com)
- It's estimated that Covid vaccines have averted over 3 million deaths in the U.S. (statnews.com)
- China is pulling out all the stops to get its eldery population vaccinated. (nytimes.com)
- Crowded living quarters are more associated with respiratory disease than population density. (sciencedirect.com)
- Post-pandemic, new doctors are shunning infectious disease as a specialty. (npr.org)
- Why it is still worth fighting Covid misinformation. (bloomberg.com)
Health
- Why we get sick more often in Winter. (cnn.com)
- Why the U.S. needs to increase access to methadone to treat opioid abuse disorder. (statnews.com)
- Five insights from "Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust" by Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- The for-profit hospice industry is failing its patients. (statnews.com)
- What is a cure for a life-long disease, like hemophilia, worth? (ft.com)
Fitness
- What to do when you only have 15 minutes to workout. (artofmanliness.com)
- How short bursts of activity can improve health. (newatlas.com)
- What a one-page fitness plan looks like. (primecuts.substack.com)
- Don't discount the benefits of improving your flexibility. (nytimes.com)
- When in doubt, take a walk. (humbledollar.com)
Comedy
- The 20 best comedy specials of 2022 including 'Little Big Boy' by Nick Kroll. (pastemagazine.com)
- The best comedy of 2022 including 'Rothaniel' by Jerrod Carmichael. (nytimes.com)
Best of
- The 20 best shows of 2022 including 'Reservation Dogs.' (rollingstone.com)
- The 20 best documentaries of 2022 including 'Fire of Love.' (pastemagazine.com)
- The 10 best TV shows of 2022 including 'Mo.' (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The worst movies of 2022 including 'The 355.' (variety.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: poverty in America. (abnormalreturns.com)
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