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
"This growing habitual loneliness is a public-health crisis."
(Arthur C. Brooks)
Autos
- David Zipper, "As automakers design faster, bigger cars, they are squandering a chance to make EVs safer than their predecessors." (theatlantic.com)
- 2022 was a bad year for U.S. auto sales. (wsj.com)
- Mercedes-Benz announced that it is entering the DC fast-charging arena for EVs. (arstechnica.com)
- Automakers are hedging their bets with investments in eVTOLs. (axios.com)
- Japan is playing catch-up in EVs. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Food is the single biggest item going into landfills in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- How more efficient trading could help eliminate waste in fishing. (wired.com)
- Whitebark pines are seriously threatened. (hcn.org)
Air travel
- Niraj Chokshi and Peter Eavis, "Southwest canceled about as many flights in the last 10 days of 2022 as it did in the 10 months prior, according to FlightAware data." (nytimes.com)
- The Southwest debacle may prompt the Dept. of Transportation to issue regulations protecting fliers. (axios.com)
- Delta ($DAL) is going start offering wi-fi on its flights for free. (cnbc.com)
- The world is short of airplanes, and no those jets in the desert are not going to solve the problem. (straitstimes.com)
Technology
- A visualization of how the smartphone displaced the camera. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Do you need a Dark Weather replacement? (blog.blankbaby.com)
Animals
- Honeybees are getting a vaccine against American foulbrood disease. (axios.com)
- What kind of animals did Earth support when it was much colder? (hakaimagazine.com)
- We live in an ant's world. (theguardian.com)
Behavior
- Tom Chivers, "There has been an enormous decline in various risky behaviors across Western youth for the last several years." (semafor.com)
- Psilocybin therapy is now legal in the state of Oregon. (nytimes.com)
Health
- The number of young people in the U.S. with type 2 diabetes is set to surge. (statnews.com)
- Many common nasal decongestants simply don't work. (wsj.com)
- More fitness apps are measuring heart rate variability (HRV). (bloomberg.com)
- There actually may be research supporting increased water consumption. (newatlas.com)
- Why sleep gets worse as we age. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- The Covid winter wave is here. (statnews.com)
- The XBB. 1.5 subvariant is highly transmissible and taking over case counts in the U.S. (wsj.com)
- Variant surveillance in China could leave some gaps in our knowledge. (ft.com)
- Should we anthropomorphize diseases to help get the message out? (fastcompany.com)
- The public has lost the thread on Covid variants. (fortune.com)
- Just how useful are rapid tests? (marginalrevolution.com)
Food
- The case for genetically modified hens. (fooddive.com)
- How food gets to your airplane tray table. (nytimes.com)
Drinks
- Dry January or not, the nonalcoholic drinks business is booming. (npr.org)
- Is the rise of non-alcoholic alternatives a good thing for the newly sober? (slate.com)
- The U.S. is awash in microbreweries. (wsj.com)
- Whiskey stones are the hot, new dad gift. (fingers.email)
Documentaries
- The best documentaries of 2022 including 'Downfall: The Case Against Boeing.' (variety.com)
- The 100 best documentaries of 2022 including 'Fire of Love.' (nonfics.com)
Sports
- By far and away, the NFL is the most popular sport to bet on. (variety.com)
- The Alps have a snow problem - not enough of it. (time.com)
College
- Why funneling students toward calculus is a mistake. (salon.com)
- Five insights from "Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us" by Evan Mandel. (nextbigideaclub.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the podcasting market correction. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Dropping habits that don't serve you is just as important as adopting new habits. (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)
