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. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"When value is perceived, customers (business or otherwise) are more than happy to change their behaviors and embrace the new and the novel."
(Om Malik)
Energy
- Why rooftop solar is so much cheaper outside the U.S. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How Australia is dealing with a surplus of solar energy. (electrek.co)
- Illinois wants to incentivize more battery storage. (grist.org)
- Renewables make for energy sovereignty. (semafor.com)
Environment
- The goal should be reduced emissions, not purity. (slowboring.com)
- An example of how an environmental crisis induced innovation. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Paris is filled with zinc rooftops which can get very hot in the Summer. (smithsonianmag.com)
Animals
- Ten lessons you can learn from your dog. (theartofwandering.substack.com)
- Swiss farmers have an (excess) milk problem. (nytimes.com)
Science
- More signs that America is turning off researchers. (ft.com)
- How working experience in a lab as an undergraduate affects later scientific educational attainment. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Scientific journals are getting inundated with AI-penned letters to the editor. (nytimes.com)
- Seven times basic research turned into valuable products. (nature.com)
AI
- Lawyers keep submitting AI slop to courts. (nytimes.com)
- Is the Internet getting re-written for AI agents? (spyglass.org)
- Like it not, the media is using AI more. (nytimes.com)
Behavior
- What happens in your brain when you have an 'a ha' moment. (quantamagazine.org)
- How this country halved its suicide rate. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Vaccines
- Alberta, Canada is a hotbed for measles. (nytimes.com)
- How to ensure children get needed vaccinations. (theconversation.com)
- Why next year's influenza vaccine may not be great. (npr.org)
Medicine
- How 'communication fatigue' affects doctors. (sensible-med.com)
- Iowa has a severe shortage of OB-GYNs. (npr.org)
- Why doctors seem rushed. The system wants it that way. (theconversation.com)
Health
- Another example of how health influencers can make for worse outcomes. (theatlantic.com)
- Covid-19 infections can cause myocarditis in young people. (thelancet.com)
- Melatonin use may not be harmless. (sciencedaily.com)
- Does optimism contribute to longevity? (pnas.org)
Fitness
- A new way to think about the calories burned in exercise. (twopct.com)
- How 'pretty privilege' can backfire against fitness influencers. (theconversation.com)
- Another reason to get your steps in. (newatlas.com)
Weed
- Swapping alcohol for weed may be a great trade. (theatlantic.com)
- Legalized cannabis doesn't seem to increase asthma issues. (papers.ssrn.com)
Drink
- Most Americans don't know alcohol consumption raises cancer risk. (sciencedaily.com)
- How did Tito's Vodka become so popular in America? (slate.com)
- Edith Zimmerman on how she broke her drinking habit. (youtube.com)
Food
- KFC used to be synonymous with chicken in America. That time has since long passed. (wsj.com)
- QSRs are eating higher ingredient inflation for now. (bloomberg.com)
- Don't be surprised if coffee prices keep going higher. (optimatech.substack.com)
- Lab-cultured cocoa is coming. (theguardian.com)
- The case for eating more protein. (peterattiamd.com)
Sports
- Why are high profile ESPN personalities touting a sketchy mobile gaming app? (defector.com)
- Is the danger of gambling on sports overblown? (newyorker.com)
- Does pro pickleball have staying power? (huddleup.substack.com)
- Padel is growing among the elites. (observer.com)
Entertainment
- Streaming has become nearly ubiquitous in the U.S. (mediaplaynews.com)
- Why late night television is in trouble. (thinkinganddata.substack.com)
- Even Broadway flops can find a second wind in the secondary licensing world. (npr.org)
- Why 'Sinners' was a (unique) success. (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com)
College
- Even after Trump, something has changed for American colleges forever. (theatlantic.com)
- The FT ranks the top graduate business schools. (ft.com)
Children
- Interrogating why we want what we do for our children. (thewaiterspad.com)
- Special education is taking it on the chin in Washington. (theatlantic.com)
- Helicopter parenting has come to college. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the future of sports talk. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
