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!
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Quote of the Day
"Powerful people can get away with being jerks much more easily. But it does not follow that being a jerk will help to make you powerful."
(Yascha Mounk)
Autos
- Hybrids are hot. (wsj.com)
- If Lamborghini can make its cars hybrid, why doesn't everyone else? (arstechnica.com)
- Volvo wants to disentangle itself from EV maker Polestar. (axios.com)
- China's EVs are different, and in some ways better, than U.S. EVs. (theatlantic.com)
Nuclear
- The trend toward nuclear energy is here, but roadblocks remain. (ft.com)
- If the U.S. has a future in nuclear its in small modular reactors. (cnn.com)
Energy
- It's hard to mine for minerals without access to water supplies. (grist.org)
- Google announced a big deal to purchase offshore wind energy for its data centers in Europe. (theverge.com)
- How churches can go solar. (grist.org)
Water
- Mexico City has a water shortage. (semafor.com)
- What it would take to get PFAS out of drinking water. (ft.com)
- How to remove microplastics from water. (freethink.com)
Environment
- Demand for used corrugated boxes is on the rise. (wsj.com)
- How industry could decarbonize using existing technologies today. (newatlas.com)
- How a solar shade could help reduce climate change. (nytimes.com)
- How burying CO2 in offshore wells could work. (wsj.com)
- Does planting trees in urban areas help health outcomes? We may soon have an answer. (washingtonpost.com)
Science
- What NASA engineers have learned through the experience of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter. (arstechnica.com)
- Modern humans were in Northern Europe as early as 45,000 years ago. (newscientist.com)
- Researchers have discovered four new deep sea cephalopods. (smithsonianmag.com)
Air travel
- Learning from mistakes: why the American aviation system is so safe. (asteriskmag.com)
- Technology can't fully replace air traffic controllers. (theconversation.com)
- Small changes could reduce the formation of contrails. (newscientist.com)
Technology
- The case for using Perplexity AI vs. Google search. (nytimes.com)
- Why Amazon ($AMZN) isn't using Alexa branding for its AI shopping tool. (spyglass.org)
Apple
- What it's like to use the new Apple ($AAPL) Vision Pro. (theverge.com)
- The Vision Pro does three different things. (daringfireball.net)
- Four magic moments with the Vision Pro. (om.co)
- Chances are you are going use the Vision Pro alone, at home. (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- Oliver Burkeman, "I think it means that at the end of the day, it’s a fool’s errand to make your sense of feeling OK dependent on knowing that everyone around you is feeling OK." (ckarchive.com)
- Which happiness research actually replicates? (scientificamerican.com)
- Ketamine clinics are popping up all over the place. (npr.org)
- How MDMA may help treat PTSD. (vox.com)
Cancer
- Are we naming cancers all wrong? (statnews.com)
- Why is colon cancer on the rise among younger cohorts? (bloomberg.com)
Health
- Your appendix is not useless. (npr.org)
- Syphilis is on the rise in the U.S. (npr.org)
- Some dementia cases may actually a function of cirrhosis of the liver (statnews.com)
- How Alzheimer's disease may have been transmitted by a medical procedure. (statnews.com)
- What's behind Covid vaccine fatigue? (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Everybody has fitness setbacks. Give yourself some grace. (wsj.com)
- What time of day should you work out? (gq.com)
Drugs
- Oregon is walking back its drug decriminalization law. (apnews.com)
- HHS is updating its methadone regulations. (statnews.com)
- Cost matters a lot when it comes to naloxone uptake. (papers.ssrn.com)
Drink
- How does alcohol use affect the gut microbiome? (nytimes.com)
- Why beer is now dispensed from the bottom up these days. (axios.com)
Meat
- The beef industry is trying to influence educators. (wired.com)
- Where's the cultured meat? (wired.com)
- Would a meat tax work? (daily.jstor.org)
Food
Streaming
- Writers and producers now need to think about ad breaks for streaming shows. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Hulu is cracking down on password sharing. (theverge.com)
Skiing
- Given climate change, would you put more capital into ski resorts? (axios.com)
- How unpredictable weather is making winter sports riskier. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- Sports gambling companies are building up their media assets (axios.com)
- David Rubenstein has wanted to own the Baltimore Orioles for awhile now. He soon will. (wsj.com)
- Lewis Hamilton is headed to Ferrari ($RACE). (gq.com)
- Theo Epstein has joined Fenway Sports. (sportico.com)
Children
- Nina Lyon, "Play, then, is an essential part of growing up — and, later, of life." (unherd.com)
- Why more parents are driving their children to school. (washingtonpost.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the science of quitting. (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)
