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Quote of the Day
"LUCA is the furthest point in evolutionary history that we can glimpse by working backward from what’s alive today."
(Jonathan Lambert)
EVs
- American drivers love big SUVs. EV makers are responding. (axios.com)
- Retailers are starting to see a payoff to installing EV chargers. (nytimes.com)
- Six common EV myths, debunked. (wired.com)
- Automatic emergency braking systems are getting better over time. (arstechnica.com)
Transport
- E-bike owners ride their bikes more often and farther. (treehugger.com)
- UberXXL is the company’s new extra-spacious ride share option. (engadget.com)
Energy
- How offshore drilling technology has improved over time. (ft.com)
- Will companies talking about nuclear energy turn into actual production? (sherwood.news)
Fire
- The Northeast is now fire country. (newyorker.com)
- It's not normal for the East Coast to be under fire risks in November. (grist.org)
Environment
- Landslides are a growing climate risk. (thinkadvisor.com)
- How contrails contribute to global warming. (ciphernews.com)
- Assessing climate resiliency across the U.S. (wapo.st)
- How electronic waste gets turned into metals. (wsj.com)
- Don't put small plastics in the recycling bin. (washingtonpost.com)
- Climate change is going to cause emigration, tough laws or not. (theatlantic.com)
Animals
- Changing colors costs octopuses a lot of energy. (science.org)
- How technology could help reduce whale strikes. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- How Al Capone boosted the popularity of dog racing in America. (daily.jstor.org)
Space
- Russia is joining the reusable rocket race. (arstechnica.com)
- Addressing the problem of space junk is increasingly urgent. (washingtonpost.com)
- A startup, Inversion, is planning to deliver goods via space. (axios.com)
- Five insights from "Pillars of Creation: How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos" by Richard Panek. (nextbigideaclub.com)
Travel
- Airlines keep finding ways to get you to pay more for your flight. (wsj.com)
- Why do hotel lobbies smell the way they do? (vox.com)
- Would you use 'Touchless PreCheck'? (wsj.com)
Technology
- Why USB-C is a disappointment. (theatlantic.com)
- Some warehouse jobs seem to be robot-resistant. (nytimes.com)
- 'Smart appliances' continue to frustrate. (wsj.com)
- The military is developing 'drone guns' to knock out enemy drones. (wired.com)
Vaccines
- Vaccines effectively eliminated some of the 20th century's most infectious diseases. (vox.com)
- It's hard to believe we need to defend the efficacy of childhood vaccines. (theatlantic.com)
Genetics
- Should men be tested for the BRCA gene? (theatlantic.com)
- Why 'genetic medicine' isn't yet a reality, and likely won't be here any time soon. (davidepstein.substack.com)
Medicine
- Doctors using ChatGPT don't trust the algorithm's results. (nytimes.com)
- Why medical students are flocking to dermatology. (wsj.com)
Health
- Combined flu and Covid at-home tests are here. (npr.org)
- What author John Greene is doing to help reduce TB deaths. (vox.com)
- How chronological age can be misleading at the population level. (papers.ssrn.com)
Couch potatoes
- The introduction of high-speed Internet is bad for your health. (newatlas.com)
- Marijuana legalization is associated with an increase in snack sales and reduced physical activity. (nber.org)
Fitness
- Weighted vests are gaining adherents. (wsj.com)
- Group fitness classes are about more than exercise. (theatlantic.com)
- What you need to know about creatine. (newscientist.com)
- Why you should apply antiperspirants at night. (theatlantic.com)
Beans
Food
- Fast food's value proposition is all out of whack. (sherwood.news)
- Why some 20% of people no-show for their dinner reservations. (ny.eater.com)
- How food banks are trying to better cater to their clientele. (modernfarmer.com)
Drink
- Why it seems like everybody is 'sober-ish' all of a sudden? (wsj.com)
- Why have alcohol-related deaths increased in the U.S.? (sciencedaily.com)
- Malört has broken out of Chicago and has gone nationwide. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- NFL kickers are getting too good. (nytimes.com)
- Why Northwestern University is building a small-ish football stadium with an emphasis on luxury seating. (sportico.com)
- Another example of a former athlete feeling the pull to un-retire. (lefsetz.com)
- Colleges just won a big copyright infringement case. (sportico.com)
- How did the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight ever get sanctioned in the first place? (bloomberg.com)
Children
- Your children aren't necessarily going to love the same stuff you do. (variety.com)
- Miami is another jurisdiction where school teachers are priced out of the housing market. (fa-mag.com)
- Cheaper toys means more toys. (vox.com)
College
- College acceptance rates are going up. (wapo.st)
- How the applicant mix is changing at MBA programs. (fastcompany.com)
- Higher education in the U.S. is stubbornly resistant to greater diversity by income and class. (nber.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: watching your favorite podcast. (abnormalreturns.com)
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