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
"If every team optimizes its operations in similar ways, going to big-league games, in whatever sport, will start to feel the same."
(Bruce Schoenfeld)
Tesla
- Tesla's ($TSLA) great advantage comes from its charging network. (bloomberg.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) Autopilot has been involved in more crashes than previously reported. (washingtonpost.com)
Autos
- The window is rapidly closing for EV startups to get a toehold in the market. (roadandtrack.com)
- Pawning off EVs to rental car customers is not doing anyone any favors. (theatlantic.com)
- Why Republican official welcome EV plants, but downplay climate change. (npr.org)
- Car ownership can exacerbate societal divisions. (vox.com)
Energy
- Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year. (scientificamerican.com)
- Low unemployment and an aging workforce are making it hard to hire in the renewables space. (semafor.com)
- A look inside the heat pump revolution. (noahpinion.blog)
- Where heat pump adoption is highest. (papers.ssrn.com)
Environment
- Why excessive heat is the most dangerous weather hazard. (scientificamerican.com)
- Not all forests are adept at storing carbon. (politico.com)
- This crop uses a disproportionate amount of water from the Colorado River. (hcn.org)
Insects
- Bees get all the publicity, but moths are important pollinators as well. (wired.com)
- Researchers shows that insects are smarter than previously thought. (scientificamerican.com)
Space
- Enceladus, a moon of Saturn about 300 miles in diameter, has all the resources needed for life. (wsj.com)
- Why finding sodium chloride on an asteroid matters. (newatlas.com)
Travel
- Higher levels of air rage are seemingly here to stay. (msn.com)
- Do airlines need a dress code? It might help with civility. (usatoday.com)
- More frequent fliers are losing elite status. (wsj.com)
AI
- When AI is in use, who makes a health decision in a emergency? (wsj.com)
- How doctors are beginning to test ChatGPT. (nytimes.com)
Covid
- Nearly all Americans have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. (theconversation.com)
- Metformin may cut the risk of long Covid. (newscientist.com)
- This fall's Covid vaccines are going to target XBB. (statnews.com)
Health
- Mouse studies are not necessarily a good guide for human health. (gq.com)
- More evidence that 'nutrient sensing' plays a role in obesity. (statnews.com)
- The new malaria vaccines need a big distribution push. (vox.com)
- There's not very good evidence for the use of melatonin. (artofmanliness.com)
- Volunteer firefighters are getting older and few people are taking their place. (npr.org)
Fitness
- Want to live longer? Exercise. (wsj.com)
- Why human knees are so prone to injury. (wsj.com)
- There's no magic pill that will help you increase your metabolism. (scientificamerican.com)
- A Q&A with Kelly McGonigal author of "The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Cannabis
- Just because cannabis may be legal doesn't mean you can smoke it anywhere you want. (washingtonpost.com)
- Some people in Idaho look at Oregon's legalization with envy. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- DraftKings ($DKNG) has thrown a wrench into Fanatics' plan to buy the U.S. PointsBet business. (frontofficesports.com)
- How the new TMRW Sports league is going to work. (huddleup.substack.com)
- How GMs could AI to pick players. (hbr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: a big disappointment. (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)
