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
"When people are free to pursue work that is meaningful and interesting to them unbound by the practical limitations of things like keeping a reasonable roof over their head or access to basic medical care, they thrive, and so do the rest of us."
(Katie Gatti Tassin)
Autos
- GM ($GM) and Ford ($F) have taken different approaches to EVs. (nytimes.com)
- How to eliminate the stigma, and salvage the minivan. (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com)
Transport
- This device is the equivalent of an 'EV gas can.' (newatlas.com)
- It seems inevitable that electric boats will become a thing. (thecooldown.com)
Energy
- Infrastructure investors are building data centers and associated energy projects. (wsj.com)
- What a Oklo microreactor would look like. (newatlas.com)
- Solar power needs a storage breakthrough. (persuasion.community)
- How solar farms can aid biodiversity. (thecooldown.com)
Environment
- A shocking number of tree species are at-risk of extinction. (phys.org)
- This ski resort in the French Alps has closed for the season due to a lack of snow. (thecooldown.com)
- How lower population growth could affect carbon emissions. (rogerpielkejr.substack.com)
- The Amazon River basin needs rain, stat. (npr.org)
Animals
- The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is celebrating a big anniversary. (goodgoodgood.co)
- Crows hold a grudge. (thetimes.com)
Travel
- The anti-tourism movement isn't going anywhere. (bbc.com)
- The 20 best art museums in the U.S. (washingtonpost.com)
- Want to make the most of your credit card rewards? Think foreign frequent flier programs. (wsj.com)
- Pilots in Norway are experiencing more cases of GPS jamming. (wired.com)
Space
- What is next for SpaceX? (arstechnica.com)
- Why Canada is ideal for satellite internet. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
AI
- AI still makes a lot of mistakes when doing medical transcription. (sherwood.news)
- A good use for AI: summarizing scientific research papers. (theconversation.com)
- How AI could replace swiping on dating apps. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- Why extremist groups love Facebook. (wired.com)
- On the evolution of Amazon's ($AMZN) Echo. (theverge.com)
- Good luck trying to keep your conversation secret. (newscientist.com)
- Why is mobile data so expensive in the U.S.? (visualcapitalist.com)
Behavior
- Research shows that no relationship is better than a bad one. (link.springer.com)
- The psychological reasons why people own guns. (theconversation.com)
- Five insights from "How Do You Feel?: One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine" by Dr. Jessi Gold. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How to prep in advance for stress. (gq.com)
- Is depression contagious? (smithsonianmag.com)
Respiratory illness
- The CDC has lowered the recommended age from 65 to 50 for a pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine. (news.yahoo.com)
- Feeling bad? Combination flu/Covid tests can help identify your ailment. (cbsnews.com)
- RSV vaccine uptake is still pretty low. (sciencedaily.com)
Vaccines
- Vaccine mandates are effective in health care settings. (marginalrevolution.com)
- How cancer 'vaccines' work. (wsj.com)
Health
- How GLP-1 use can help reduce knee pain in obese patients. (nejm.org)
- What other medical products, besides IV bags, are supplied by a dominant single-source producer? (bloomberg.com)
- Some evidence on the negative health effects of microplastics. (nber.org)
- Can focused ultrasound help treat addiction? Some early clues. (wsj.com)
- Can John Green take a dent out of Tuberculosis? (nytimes.com)
- The number of triplets is in decline. (sherwood.news)
Cannabis
- Fewer American adolescents are using marijuana. (mdpi.com)
- Cannabis legalization is on the ballot in three states. (theconversation.com)
Food
- Vending machines are getting an upgrade. (sherwood.news)
- Global demand for protein is coming from chicken and pork, not beef. (bloomberg.com)
- Why you should get rid of your black plastic spatula. (theatlantic.com)
Drink
- Some evidence on alcohol use and cognitive decline. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Wine ties us to the present. (nytimes.com)
Entertainment
- Disney, Comcast, Google, Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix and Paramount Global will account for 51% of content spending in 2024. (variety.com)
- Why Eva Longoria is cashing checks for 'John Wick,' a movie she didn't appear in. (variety.com)
Baseball
- By this measure, the LA Dodgers organization was due for a World Series win. (neilpaine.substack.com)
- Baseball players are always seemingly eating something. (theatlantic.com)
Sports betting
- Sports bettors are overoptimistic. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Polymarket has plans to move into sports betting. (frontofficesports.com)
Sports
- NHL team values have doubled over the past three years. (sportico.com)
- College football players are getting pulled in more directions these days. (nytimes.com)
- Last season, the Boston Celtics shot a lot of threes. Now they shoot even more. (wsj.com)
- The Breeder's Cup is back in California, where horse racing is struggling. (nytimes.com)
College
- Some creative ways to lower the cost of college. (heritagefinancial.net)
- The absolute number of Black men enrolled at HBCUs is at its lowest level since 1976. (npr.org)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: falling into tyranny. (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)
