Saturdays are the day we catch up with all the non-finance related stuff we didn’t get to during the week. You can check out last week’s edition here.
Transport
- The future of shipping is autonomous. (wsj.com)
- Tesla ($TSLA) has attracted a raft of competitors in China. (ft.com)
- GM ($GM) and Honda developing some platforms together. (axios.com)
Water
- How Louisiana's population is shifting away from vulnerable areas. (qz.com)
- Life around Lake Ontario has been disrupted by high (and variable) water levels. (msn.com)
- People leaving areas vulnerable to climate change are going to have to go somewhere. (qz.com)
- Miami is trying to map out which areas of the city can be saved from flooding and which can't. (qz.com)
Environment
- Californians are dealing with wildfires and heat. Maybe they should be preparing for a megaflood. (wired.com)
- Homeowners in fire prone areas of California are struggling to find insurance. (nytimes.com)
- A ban on Chinese drone parts is making it harder to fight forest fires. (ft.com)
Energy
- The world added more renewable energy last year than traditional soruces. (bloomberg.com)
- Demand for air conditioning is going to rise as temperatures rise. (technologyreview.com)
- One great thing about batteries: they can provide instantaneous power. (nytimes.com)
- Cheaper lithium, including recycling, will be needed to make more batteries for cars and homes. (wsj.com)
- Why the American South is being held back from developing renewable energy. (vox.com)
- The state of New York has a long way to go to reach its renewable energy goals. (ft.com)
Travel
- Airbnb's business has bounced back with a focus on work away from home. (axios.com)
- The hotel industry is in crisis. (axios.com)
- Americans have taken to the great outdoors this Summer. (wsj.com)
- The pandemic has sent a bunch of newbies camping and they may not be well prepared. (wsj.com)
- Can the African safari business pivot in pandemic away from a reliance on tourists? (nytimes.com)
- Why tourist locations have been uniquely affected by pandemic. (outsideonline.com)
Science
- The pandemic is sidelining a lot of researchers. (wired.com)
- Predatory bacteria were discovered by accident. (nytimes.com)
- Decaying corpses could change the look of nearby trees. (wired.com)
Animals
- Domestication shrank chickens brains. (newatlas.com)
- Alaska's wild salmon are shrinking. (scientificamerican.com)
Behavior
- Your social skills are deteriorating in pandemic. (nytimes.com)
- The many ways in which quarantine is messing with your brain. (daily.jstor.org)
- If you are feeling down, you are not alone. (npr.org)
- The good life isn't necessarily an easy one. (wsj.com)
- What modern mental healthcare could look like. (usv.com)
- 10 ways to find stillness in a frenetic age. (ryanholiday.net)
Medicine
- Researchers are concerned about the rise of colon cancer among young generations. (popsci.com)
- Telehealth volume is down, causing disruptions. (statnews.com)
- Sudden cardiac events are not all that sudden. (nytimes.com)
- There is growing hope that a new drug could help slow the progression of ALS. (statnews.com)
Dogs
- Puppy scams are on the rise in pandemic. (wsj.com)
- How to let people down easy if you don't want them to pet your dog. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- The restaurant business cannot survive without universal healthcare. (eater.com)
- People are eating out, they just aren't sharing it the way they used to on social media (eater.com)
- US farmers are set to received a record amount of support payments in 2020. (ft.com)
- Norway is taking another crack at farming cod. (reuters.com)
- How salmon are processed so nothing goes to waste. (newatlas.com)
- Plant-based meat is at-best a stopgap. (eater.com)
Drink
- Craft brewing is still a pretty white vocation. (nytimes.com)
- Bourbon prices are out of control. (pastemagazine.com)
Entertainment
- The pandemic may kill off the 'summer camp' movie genre. (theringer.com)
- Unencumbered movie streaming rights are rare and expensive to bid on. (msn.com)
Sports
- Like it or not, college football is coming back. (newyorker.com)
- The 2021 Tokyo Olympic could happen without a coronavirus vaccine. (washingtonpost.com)
- Does tennis owe its players a living? (theringer.com)
- Why chess has exploded in popularity on Twitch in pandemic. (fastcompany.com)
- Can Athletic Intelligence Quotient, or A.I.Q., be used to identify superior players in the NFL? (nytimes.com)
- 50 years ago, the greatest college team in any sport ever, was assembled. (indystar.com)
College
- Colleges that have reopened this Fall have not been honest with their students. (wired.com)
- How elite colleges 'shape' their admission classes. (wsj.com)
- What it's like to be RA this year. (nytimes.com)
MBA
- The jobs market for MBA candidates is starting off slow in pandemic. (wsj.com)
- Erika James the new dean of the Wharton School is facing a handful of simultaneous crises. (ft.com)
- Online MBA programs are gaining traction in pandemic. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: an unwillingness to sacrifice. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: cutting down your queue. (abnormalreturns.com)
- September ESG links: perfection not needed. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Every Friday we send out five links for advisers to help them think a little differently about the world. Sign up now! (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)