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
"As "where" becomes less critical for work, it becomes more important for life."
(Dror Poleg)
Autonomous vehicles
- San Francisco is the front lines of the self-driving car movement. (wsj.com)
- GM's ($GM) Cruise is adding another city for its self-driving cars. (bigtechnology.com)
Roads
- Some ways that cities can reduce pedestrian deaths. (arstechnica.com)
- Downtown areas have a parking problem - too much parking. (fastcompany.com)
- Some e-bike companies are marketing to children as 'mini-motorcycles.' (nytimes.com)
Transport
- Despite some skepticism, eVTOLs are inching near commercial introduction. (barrons.com)
- How did cruise ships got so big. (youtube.com)
Oceans
- Coral reefs off Florida are dying off in hotter water. (nytimes.com)
- Rising heat is putting more ocean ecosystems at risk. (wired.com)
- Why haven't there been more Atlantic hurricanes so far? (arstechnica.com)
Heat
- Why people keep moving to Phoenix despite rising temperatures. (msn.com)
- Why FEMA doesn't respond to heat waves. (grist.org)
- Rising temperatures change the whole nature of Summer and where people go on holiday. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Extreme weather events are increasingly common around the globe. (washingtonpost.com)
- There is much less Antarctic sea ice than usual in 2023. (npr.org)
- Weird stuff is happening to Colorado's snow pack. (hcn.org)
- Did pro-recycling messaging stop people from actually consuming less? (grist.org)
- Data centers have a water problem. (msn.com)
Animals
- H5N1 has become endemic in North America. (msn.com)
- There are more great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod than you think. (npr.org)
- Why ticks are so effective at spreading infection. (theatlantic.com)
Paleontology
- The colossus whale may have been the largest creature in history. (atlasobscura.com)
- Jellyfish go back at least 505 million years on Earth. (nytimes.com)
- How many more dinosaurs remain undiscovered? (smithsonianmag.com)
Travel
- Americans are traveling overseas, bypassing U.S. destinations. (cnbc.com)
- The EU and US are ruining a good thing when it comes to visas. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Foreign travelers are shunning China as a tourist destination. (wsj.com)
- China's cruise industry is booming. (hakaimagazine.com)
Behavior
- Do you want to be helped, heard or hugged? (mccormickmd.substack.com)
- Why you should pet other people's dogs. (npr.org)
- In praise of a little bit of abstinence. (artofmanliness.com)
Covid
- Omicron, and its subvariants, have dominated for the past year. (politico.com)
- Paxlovid is still underutilized by doctors and patients. (washingtonpost.com)
- Nose picking is associated with an increase in Covid infections. (washingtonpost.com)
Cancer
- Why we can't win the war on cancer without addressing superbugs. (statnews.com)
- In a trial, AI-powered models found more cases of breast cancer. (cnn.com)
- Why T-cells become dysfunctional after dealing with a tumor. (thedailybeast.com)
Health care
- Private equity is playing a bigger role in the U.S. healthcare system. (ft.com)
- American Physician Partners, a private equity–owned operator of about 135 hospital emergency rooms has filed for bankruptcy. (prospect.org)
- What happens when your doctor is also selling supplements. (washingtonpost.com)
Health
- A new drug called Dupixent is changing how it eczema is treated. (theatlantic.com)
- We really don't know how long term exposure to wildfire smoke affects health. (statnews.com)
- How 'scrambler therapy' can help ease chronic pain. (newatlas.com)
- More adults are now vulnerable to measles. (statnews.com)
- Why discontinuities show up in health data. (marginalrevolution.com)
Fitness
- Why your fitness tracker should have a 'rest' setting. (annehelen.substack.com)
- Just how much easier it is to swim behind someone else? (newscientist.com)
- Relax, you are probably drinking enough water. (theatlantic.com)
Restaurants
- Young teens working in restaurants are uniquely at-risk of harassment. (barrons.com)
- Restaurant reservation fees are now a thing. (ny.eater.com)
Food
- Why is Trader Joe's facing simultaneous food recalls? (vox.com)
- The lab-grown meat space is getting crowded. (axios.com)
- Can empty office buildings be turned into vertical farms? (modernfarmer.com)
- Why celebrities are jumping on the ice cream trend. (eater.com)
- How genes affect what you like to eat. (scientificamerican.com)
- In the praise of the humble pickle. (smithsonianmag.com)
Sports
- Lionel Messi is already having a big impact on MLS. (huddleup.substack.com)
- A real life example where 'going for it' cost a golfer $260,000 in prize money. (frazerrice.com)
- How to compare all MLB park dimensions. (washingtonpost.com)
- On the lost art of fouling off pitches. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: having better conversations. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Make a plan for your stuff, before someone else has to. (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)
