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
"Would your customers want to wear your logo on a t-shirt?"
(Seth Godin)
Energy
- Why it makes sense to float solar panels in reservoirs. (wired.com)
- How data center heat could be used to heat swimming pools. (theverge.com)
Environment
- The EPA is set to limit 'forever chemicals' in drinking water. (npr.org)
- Debunking the 'natural' explanations for rising global temperatures. (arstechnica.com)
- Why so many of Canada's tornadoes go unseen. (nytimes.com)
- California ski resorts are seeing snow up to their ski lifts. (washingtonpost.com)
- Conditions are changing so quickly that forests can't keep up. (npr.org)
- Americans are increasingly choosing cremation over burial. Composting comes next. (economist.com)
- Why doesn't the U.S. recycle batteries? (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Animals
- Did you know lions prowled North America for millennia before going extinct? (hakaimagazine.com)
- The Maine Lobstermen's Association is suing the Monterey Bay Aquarium for defamation. (npr.org)
- How eating invasive Asian carp could help keep their populations in check. (wired.com)
- What genetics tell us about the domestication of the donkey. (nytimes.com)
Squid
- Squid thrive in warmer water, and the oceans are getting warmer. (bloomberg.com)
- Squid fishing is booming and largely unregulated. (newscientist.com)
- Do we really want 'squid farms'? (bbc.com)
Technology
- Does Tim Cook really want to launch a new risky product line before he leaves Apple ($AAPL)? (daringfireball.net)
- Passwords are flawed and these company policies make them worse. (wsj.com)
- Uno is a new entrant to the password game. (insidehook.com)
- 3-D printing is thriving in these industries. (theguardian.com)
Behavior
- Ketamine Wellness Centers has abruptly shuttered. (statnews.com)
- Teen mental health issues started before the introduction of the smartphone. (biblioracle.substack.com)
- The evidence for seasonal depression is weaker than you think. (msn.com)
- Just how stable are personalities over time? (psyche.co)
- Six things to increase your attention span including 'the downside of interruptions.' (bakadesuyo.com)
- How to show up for someone in crisis. (tim.blog)
Covid
- Some evidence puts SARS-CoV-2 in raccoon dogs in the Wuhan wet market in January 2020. (nytimes.com)
- Don't kid yourself. There is plenty we still don't know about Covid-19. (wsj.com)
- Paxlovid is headed toward full FDA approval. (cnn.com)
- What we know, and don't, about long Covid. (vox.com)
- How to prepare for the next pandemic including a 'CDC reset.' (nytimes.com)
- Pandemics end when people stop paying attention. (fastcompany.com)
Pharmaceuticals
- The FDA has approved a new nasal spray as a rapid treatment for migraine pain in adults. (cnn.com)
- Novo Nordisk ($NVO) has cut prices for insulin. (biopharmadive.com)
- Sanofi-Aventis ($SNY) is also capping insulin prices. (cnn.com)
- Statin takers now have an alternative. (npr.org)
Health
- Why finding causality in health data is challenging. (parentdata.org)
- Research shows 'watchful waiting' is a proven approach to prostate cancer. (statnews.com)
- Is saliva the future of cancer detection? (knowablemagazine.org)
- Why it doesn't make sense to treat a mild fever. (sciencedaily.com)
- The norovirus is nasty and hard to avoid. (scientificamerican.com)
Food
- Weight Watchers ($WW) is shifting its focus as it closes locations and embraces obesity drugs. (axios.com)
- Americans are losing interest in the Instant Pot. (wsj.com)
- More evidence in favor of the Mediterranean diet. (fatherly.com)
- Don't think that being a pescetarian is cost-free. (vox.com)
- America has a sandwich problem. (wsj.com)
Entertainment
- Cable news viewers are shifting their viewing from evenings to afternoons. (nytimes.com)
- Movie theaters are redesigning their seating and offerings to attract moviegoers. (axios.com)
Sports
- The NBA is looking for big jumps in their new media rights deals. (theinformation.com)
- Why reaching the Champions League is so important for EPL franchises. (sportico.com)
- Joe Pompliano talks with DraftKings ($DKNG) CEO Jason Robins. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Like the NFL, MLB takes a dim view of its retirees. (humbledollar.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Why seemingly impossible things happen all the time. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: third places. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t waste your emotional capital investing out of spite. (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)
