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
"In many ways, we have outsourced the curation of our information diets to distant platforms unaligned with our interests"
(Joan Westenberg)
EVs
- EVs may have hit a bit of a bump in the road, but they are still the future. (wsj.com)
- Why Americans are opting for hybrids. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Looking at new EV? Think about leasing it. (wsj.com)
Auto insurance
- Why car insurance premiums are soaring. (bloomberg.com)
- Auto insurance companies having no problem pushing through higher rates. (wsj.com)
Nuclear
- Why uranium prices are surging. (ft.com)
- India plans to expand the use of nuclear energy. (semafor.com)
Fishing
- Ice fishing is becoming more dangerous in a warming world. (scientificamerican.com)
- It's hard to believe that blast fishing still occurs. (hakaimagazine.com)
- Just bad is trawling the seafloor for the environment? (grist.org)
Climate
- Aquifers around the globe are drying up. (wired.com)
- Why should worry about the melting permafrost. (theguardian.com)
- How restoring floodplains helps the ecosystem. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Non-linearities are going to make climate change even more chaotic. (theatlantic.com)
Space
- Japan became the fifth country to land on the Moon. (nature.com)
- Why is landing on the moon so difficult? (theguardian.com)
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of Mars is out of commission. (arstechnica.com)
- It's easier to boost a satellite once it's already in orbit. (wsj.com)
- Danny Crichton and Sam Arbesman talk with Zach Weinersmith co-author of “A City On Mars” why we won't be living on Mars any time soon. (podcasts.apple.com)
Macintosh
- The various eras of the Apple ($AAPL) Mac. (sixcolors.com)
- What has stayed constant about the Mac. (fastcompany.com)
- 12 of the weirdest Macs ever made. (arstechnica.com)
Behavior
- Why (and when) we feel awe. (tim.blog)
- Can you change your personality? (thequietlife.net)
- Want to remember something? Write it down. (newscientist.com)
Covid
- Why Covid vaccine uptake trails influenza vaccines. (statnews.com)
- How effective were pandemic lockdowns? (econofact.org)
- Why exercise is so fraught for those with long Covid. (theatlantic.com)
Vaccines
- Malaria vaccines seem to reduce all causes of death, not just malaria. (npr.org)
- A new study found no cases of cervical cancer in young women who were fully vaccinated for HPV, at age 12 or 13. (semafor.com)
- Some adults may need a measles booster. (scientificamerican.com)
- More good vaccines news. (marginalrevolution.com)
Health
- Americans' healthspans are shrinking. (wsj.com)
- Testing for colon cancer, one day, could be as easy as a urine sample. (newatlas.com)
- Some doctors want to rename early prostate cancers. (wsj.com)
Substances
- What can quitting alcohol for a month do for your health? (wapo.st)
- How having a friend with a substance abuse problem affects behavior. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How drug use affects gene expression. (theconversation.com)
Food
- Restaurant openings are back on the rise. (qsrmagazine.com)
- Can meat and dairy ever be 'climate-friendly'? (washingtonpost.com)
- All the steps being take to make milk 'climate neutral.' (modernfarmer.com)
- On the downside of gummy supplements. (theatlantic.com)
- Why you should you put salt in your tea. (eater.com)
Sports
- Barstool Sports is getting back into betting, reportedly with DraftKings ($DKNG). (sportico.com)
- Not everyone is happy with Fanatics big move into sports collectibles. (nytimes.com)
- A warming climate is making ice climbing more dangerous. (wired.com)
College
- Why paying for college is so complicated. (nytimes.com)
- Some colleges are offering admission to students who haven't even applied. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: a cultural phenomenon. (abnormalreturns.com)
- An example where investing out of spite doesn't work out... (abnormalreturns.com)
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