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 other words, some new, external factor isn’t suddenly causing lots more kids to have autism, as Kennedy frequently claims. Those kids were always there - we’re now just putting far more effort into identifying and supporting them."
(Lisa Jarvis)
Autos
- Hyundai is not backing down on EVs. (fastcompany.com)
- If you want a new Cybertruck, there are plenty of options. (sherwood.news)
- Stealth EV maker Slate Auto is set to launch a vehicle this year. (techcrunch.com)
Driving
- Congestion pricing in Manhattan is doing very well, thank you very much. (curbed.com)
- How super-speeders stay on the road in NYC. (nyc.streetsblog.org)
Transport
- Archer Aviation ($ACHR) aims to connect New York's airports. (fastcompany.com)
- How the cruise industry convinced younger generations to come aboard. (sherwood.news)
Data centers
- Why the Midwest is attracting data centers. (axios.com)
- Just how fast is data center energy demand growing? (sherwood.news)
Energy
- Wind power is still growing in the U.S. (fastcompany.com)
- Environmental goals are actually pretty popular with the public. (semafor.com)
- Why not put solar panels over water canals? (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Animals
- Crows know geometry. (npr.org)
- How colossal squid differ from giant squid. (npr.org)
- How beavers can affect the landscape. (coloradosun.com)
Space
- Astronomers have found biosignatures outside our solar system. (sciencedaily.com)
- Can Eutelsat displace Starlink in Europe? (wsj.com)
- We have effectively junked up near earth orbit. (daily.jstor.org)
- A visualization of our increasingly crowded skies. (kottke.org)
Technology
- Apple ($AAPL) should use tariffs as an opportunity to re-focus. (macworld.com)
- OpenAI has a model naming problem. (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- Four ways to gain belonging including 'Locate something helpful, thoughtful, or downright weird or nerdy that excites you.' (twopct.com)
- The key to dealing with a sociopath is identifying them as such. (theatlantic.com)
Measles
- How measles spreads through a population. (nytimes.com)
- How measles affects an unvaccinated child. (nytimes.com)
Infectious disease
- The number of AIDS deaths could start going back up again. (theatlantic.com)
- We could end tuberculosis if we choose to. (theguardian.com)
- Measles is the tip of the spear. (wired.com)
HHS
- The fix is in on any RFK-backed autism study. (adn.com)
- RFK Jr. believes autism is an epidemic caused by environmental exposure. (axios.com)
- HHS has effectively stopped collecting certain health data including that for AIDS. (politico.com)
- Another NIH official accuses RFK Jr. of censoring science. (axios.com)
Health
- Stem cells help treat Parkinson's disease. (npr.org)
- Living through a flood isn't great for your health. (newatlas.com)
- How good is ED as an indicator for cardiovascular disease? (peterattiamd.com)
- The brain remembers what gave you food poisoning. (popsci.com)
- Twins are more likely to be allergic to the same things. (theconversation.com)
- Income matters for longevity. (pnas.org)
Fitness
- How regular exercise helps colon cancer patients. (npr.org)
- The controversy around filming yourself at the gym. (vox.com)
- 45 tips on getting better sleep. (artofmanliness.com)
Food
- Why aren't retail egg prices coming down? (theehedge.substack.com)
- Protein is showing up in the weirdest places. (wsj.com)
- How meat made a cultural comeback. (nytimes.com)
- How offal became trendy. (theatlantic.com)
- Eat your sauerkraut. (sciencedaily.com)
Sports
- A great Masters helps highlight the golf boom. (howardlindzon.com)
- Billiards is getting the TopGolf treatment. (sportico.com)
- Why Bentonville, Arkansas became a biking hot spot. (nytimes.com)
- Why a Russian billionaire continues to wield influence over world fencing. (politico.eu)
- Did Steve Ballmer's bet on 'The Wall' pay off? (sportico.com)
Entertainment
- Being an opening act is tough. (theconversation.com)
- Streaming is filled with unresolved cliffhangers because of shows got cancelled. (fastcompany.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: audiobook snobbery. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- 50 lessons learned from writing Construction Physics including 'Bricks haven’t gotten cheaper since the mid-19th century, despite massive improvements in brickmaking technology.' (construction-physics.com)
- Five insights from Daryl Fairweather's new book "Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work." (nextbigideaclub.com)
