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
"We drink in outrage because we are outraged, and we don’t know what to do about it."
(Kyla Scanlon)
Autos
- Honda ($HMC) is adopting the Tesla charging standard. (theverge.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) is going to install charging stations at Hilton Hotels in North America. (cnbc.com)
- Why you may end up with a EV at the car rental desk. (wsj.com)
- New cars are a data privacy nightmare. (theverge.com)
Energy
- Solar is winning the energy transition. (noahpinion.blog)
- Putting solar panels on self-storage buildings is a no-brainer. (thecooldown.com)
- Where floating solar panels are a winner. (thecooldown.com)
- How to get EV owners to charge their vehicles during off-peak hours. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Offshore wind has a big cost problem. (wsj.com)
Fire
- We need better technology to identify fires. (wsj.com)
- Wildfires are transforming southern Europe. (washingtonpost.com)
- Maui will have to refocus on land management. (modernfarmer.com)
Environment
- Extreme heat is cutting recess for kids. (npr.org)
- The manatee die-off seems to be slowing down. (miamiherald.com)
- Some plastics can be broken down by enzymes. (knowablemagazine.org)
- Plastic recycling labels are a mess. (nytimes.com)
Travel
- A lot of things are working against a return to normal for airlines. (vox.com)
- More cities are pushing back against cruise ships and their many passengers. (wsj.com)
- New York City is set to start cracking down on short term rentals. (wired.com)
- Social media isn't making flying any easier. (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com)
Archaeology
- Archaeologists really don't know who the Druids were. (aeon.co)
- Humans almost went extinct 900,000 years ago. (nature.com)
Science
- Why human brains are shrinking over time. (wsj.com)
- On the relationship between our brains and tongues. (quantamagazine.org)
Behavior
- Access ketamine treatments is beyond the reach of many. (statnews.com)
- Another disorder than psilocybin could potentially treatment. (statnews.com)
- Why there is no good treatment for anorexia. (theatlantic.com)
- How does ECT work? Nobody really knows for sure. (undark.org)
Covid
- Emily Oster, "The pandemic phase of COVID is over. We’ve entered the maintenance phase." (emilyoster.substack.com)
- Covid cases are on the rise, due in part to waning immunity. (vox.com)
- We don't really know the impact of Covid reinfections. (nytimes.com)
Health
- America has a primary care doctor shortage. (washingtonpost.com)
- Obstetricians are fleeing states with abortion bans leaving all pregnant women at risk. (nytimes.com)
- Obesity is playing a bigger role in cardiovascular deaths. (statnews.com)
- The prostate cancer death rate has flattened out. (wsj.com)
- How AI could help speed drug discovery. (vox.com)
- On the non-Western origins of smallpox innoculation. (slate.com)
- How voluntary storage of guns, off-site, could help people in crisis. (npr.org)
- Why you should be skeptical of the 'Blue Zones' data. (marginalrevolution.com)
Farming
- How small and medium sized farms are getting squeezed. (modernfarmer.com)
- How Market Wagon is bringing farm produce to people's front doors. (modernfarmer.com)
- Where strawberries can be successfully cultivated is shifting. (modernfarmer.com)
Food
- Why our attitudes towards meat are changing. (wggtb.substack.com)
- Food service is only getting more complicated at college dining halls. (nytimes.com)
- Gatorade is getting into the functional water business. (cnn.com)
- Filipino food is gaining ground in the U.S. (insidehook.com)
- Why In-N-Out Burger loves palm trees. (slate.com)
Entertainment
- The 'John Wick' franchise' shows why the future is unknowable. (ritholtz.com)
- It's time to bring the 1990's style legal thriller back. (gq.com)
Sports
- Pickleball is creating a whole new industry. (washingtonpost.com)
- How hot is too hot for tennis? (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- Do you know the 'triple crown of open water swimming'? (washingtonpost.com)
College
- Gen Z thinks about college differently. (businessinsider.com)
- College graduates do better on a range of non-economic outcomes. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Women are scarce at India's elite educational institutions. (wired.com)
- Declaring war on your state's colleges is shooting yourself in the foot. (fallows.substack.com)
- The system of tenure is broken. (betonit.substack.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: finding happiness at work. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Public predictions are exhausting. (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)
