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
"The function of education, simply put, is to know yourself."
(Lawrence Yeo)
Autos
- EVs are becoming price competitive with ICEs. (wsj.com)
- Do you really want to have to know who is the CEO of your car's manufacturer? (nytimes.com)
- What is hampering GM's ($GM) EV push? (wsj.com)
- The IRA is prompting VW to focus on the U.S. for battery production. (ft.com)
- Now Norway has built out its EV charging network. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Why public officials want to keep AM radios in EVs. (wsj.com)
- How EV range has increased over time. (flowingdata.com)
E-bikes
- E-bike fires on the rise due to overnight charging. (wsj.com)
- New York City is looking to regulate indoor e-bike charging. (nytimes.com)
Energy
- The first new U.S. nuclear reactor in a while has started up. (cnbc.com)
- Production is slowing at America's biggest producing wells. (wsj.com)
- Europe has another Russia problem - dependence on Russian nuclear fuel. (nytimes.com)
- The U.S. has a shortage of trained electricians. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Wildfire smoke isn't great for the ozone layer. (axios.com)
- Why states are banning Callery pear trees. (theconversation.com)
- How America heats its homes. (washingtonpost.com)
Technology
- Ten breakthrough technologies for 2023 including 'organs on demand.' (technologyreview.com)
- Like it or not, the use of facial recognition is expanding. (wsj.com)
- Productivity apps are ladling in AI features. (venturebeat.com)
- Why the floppy disk won't die. (wired.com)
Attention
- Are you letting an algorithm decide what you watch and read? (msn.com)
- Checking your phone is a habit you can break. (businessinsider.com)
Animals
- Why Alaska's crab, salmon, and halibut populations are in decline. (politico.com)
- Pythons are making their way North out of the Everglades. (sun-sentinel.com)
- Some evidence that humans have been riding horses longer than previously thought. (science.org)
- How bumblebees learn from each other. (npr.org)
Behavior
- Happiness increases with income, instead of topping out at $75,000 a year. (sciencedaily.com)
- Too many people have a sense memory deficit. (city-journal.org)
- How nostalgia can be protective against negative thoughts. (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from "Psych: The Story of the Human Mind" by Paul Bloom. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How to tame your desire for revenge. (axios.com)
- How 'micro stresses' can add up. (axios.com)
Long Covid
- Long Covid increases the risk of adverse health outcomes. (thinkadvisor.com)
- Long Covid is showing up in patients suffering from gastrointestinal issues. (nytimes.com)
- Why studying long Covid is so challenging. (vox.com)
Masking
- Zeynep Tufecki, "Masks are a tool, not a talisman or a magic wand." (nytimes.com)
- The Cochrane study has been misinterpreted. (cochrane.org)
- The debate over masks is a wasted opportunity. (vox.com)
Covid
- A look at the past year in (endemic) Covid. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- What are the chances of another pandemic over the next ten years? (asteriskmag.com)
- Covid infections subsequently increase the risk of cardiovascular events. (erictopol.substack.com)
- Cellular immunity is a key to whether we need additional Covid boosters. (wired.com)
- Covid vaccines during pregnancies provide protection to newborns. (newscientist.com)
- Fox News coverage helped drive vaccine hesitancy. (bloomberg.com)
Obesity
- Why Weight Watchers ($WW) is getting into the obesity drug business. (msn.com)
- Obesity is on the rise among young adults. (npr.org)
Health
- Overcoming vaccine hesitancy: the case of HPV. (vox.com)
- The evidence for a relationship between poor sleep and dementia keeps growing. (newatlas.com)
- Public health officials have been sidelined in Republican states. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How electronic bandages spur healing. (spectrum.ieee.org)
Fitness
- How to up the intensity of walking. (wsj.com)
- How did dumbbells get their name? (artofmanliness.com)
Food
- The term 'milk' has lost all its meaning. (msn.com)
- A lot needs to go right for cultivated meat to be a success. (asteriskmag.com)
- Five insights from "I’m So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave and What to Do About It" by Dr. Amy Shah. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Fake sugar is no panacea. (primecuts.substack.com)
Cooking
- People just can't stop putting weird stuff into waffle irons. (eater.com)
- Why some dishes taste better the next day. (washingtonpost.com)
- In praise of the loaded baked potato. (eater.com)
Media
- YouTubers are expanding their reach, and pay, with dubbing. (restofworld.org)
- LPs outsold CDs last year. (variety.com)
Sports
- Why pay for sports rights when you can just do documentaries? (huddleup.substack.com)
- 'Sports insiders' like Woj and Schefter now sit atop the sports media landscape. (frontofficesports.com)
- MLB is prepping for the demise of the RSN model. (wsj.com)
- You can't separate LIV Golf from PIF. (politico.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the flexible work economy. (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)
