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
"We have so many useless things we have accumulated over the years. We get used to them and we become insensitive to how they negatively affect the quality of our lives."
(Phil Pearlman)
EVs
- Mercedes Benz is pushing out the date it will go full EV. (theverge.com)
- Why EV-only companies are struggling. (wsj.com)
- More EVs make for less asthma. (grist.org)
Hybrids
- Doing the math on a hybrid vs. conventional ICE. (bestinterest.blog)
- Just how green are hybrids? (wsj.com)
Autos
- Distracted driving is only getting worse. (vox.com)
- Autos are increasingly rolling cybersecurity threats. (wsj.com)
- Why AM radios may be safe now. (msn.com)
Solar
- Helios wants to streamline the residential rooftop solar process. (keepcool.co)
- How solar panels can serve as cover for native plants and pollinators. (thecooldown.com)
Energy
- It's not just the U.S. that struggles with building nuclear. (nytimes.com)
- The first wave of wind turbines are in need of replacement. (ft.com)
- How to use batteries that store heat to power industrial processes. (wsj.com)
- How quickly will heat pumps replace gas furnaces? (wired.com)
- The minerals market is resetting. (wsj.com)
- Why metal theft is on the rise. (wired.com)
Environment
- The Great Lakes are largely ice-free this Winter. (climate.gov)
- A civic sustainability plan is no small thing. (grist.org)
- There's no upside to air pollution, i.e particulates. (theatlantic.com)
Air travel
- Why the big airlines have an edge over the discount airlines. (wsj.com)
- Ten years after the disappearance of MH370, asking if another plane can disappear without a trace. (bloomberg.com)
- There is a Delta Airlines ($DAL) secret trading card program. (fortune.com)
Space
- The Odysseus lander made it to the Moon but ended up on its side. (space.com)
- Capturing space junk is hard. (arstechnica.com)
Archaeology
- Researchers have discovered a Stone Age era, one-kilometer stone wall. (newscientist.com)
- Humans were in the Columbian Amazon some 13,000 years ago. (livescience.com)
AI
- Nvidia ($NVDA) is increasingly a software play. (bigtechnology.com)
- Want better AI models? Combine them. (wired.com)
- How to best use ChatGPT. (bakadesuyo.com)
Behavior
- Ketamine treatments are a bit like the Wild West. (bloomberg.com)
- How to maintain a relationship with someone who is depressed. (artofmanliness.com)
- Not all cognitive skills decline with age. (statnews.com)
Treatments
- The FDA has approved a novel type of cancer therapy to treat aggressive forms of melanoma using immune system cells from a patient's tumor. (npr.org)
- The FDA has approved Xolair to treat severe food allergies. (npr.org)
- Sanofi underestimated demand for its RSV vaccine for infants. (wsj.com)
Health
- Do you really need an annual physical? (wsj.com)
- Researchers are getting closer to answers about myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS. (npr.org)
- Sales of nicotine-alternative Zyn are booming. (wsj.com)
- Swapping needles for silk for vaccinations. (marginalrevolution.com)
Fitness
- What is Zone 2 training. (wsj.com)
- How to improve VO2 max. (gq.com)
- How to get started (indoor) rowing. (insidehook.com)
- A sauna is more than just a hot room. (nytimes.com)
- The case for hot yoga. (insidehook.com)
Drugs
- Drug overdoses don't care if you come from a successful family. (finance.yahoo.com)
- How cannabis can be used to wean users off illegal drugs. (newatlas.com)
- Legal weed is not a guarantee of its purity. (wsj.com)
Protein
- An overview of the market for alternative proteins. (caia.org)
- How to get more protein in your diet. (npr.org)
Food
- Plastics came to farms and isn't leaving any time soon. (modernfarmer.com)
- Mercury levels in tuna are not really going down. (sciencedaily.com)
- How to make a healthier potato chip. (newatlas.com)
- Food waste is a big problem. (modernfarmer.com)
Entertainment
- How peak TV is affecting actors. (deadline.com)
- AI is already taking Hollywood jobs. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Is A24 ready to break into the mainstream? (bloomberg.com)
- How the PG-13 rating came to be. (daily.jstor.org)
Sports
- What it would mean if college athletes were considered employees. (blog.johnwallstreet.com)
- "The World Series of Poker for golf" is coming. (golfdigest.com)
- How communities are 're-wilding' golf courses. (nytimes.com)
- Underneath the surface, the NBA is facing some issues. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) has a new sports (scores) app. (sixcolors.com)
College
- David Deming, "SAT scores don’t measure innate talent, but rather a composite of talent, family resources, school quality, and many other things." (forklightning.substack.com)
- Yale University is bringing back the SAT and ACT requirement. (news.yale.edu)
- Half of college graduates are in jobs that don't require a degree. (wsj.com)
- The case for college admission by lottery. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Small religious colleges are under increasing financial pressure. (bloomberg.com)
Children
- Ten things that need to be taught in high school including 'You will most likely change jobs and careers numerous times in your lifetime. Never stop learning, and be flexible.' (tonyisola.com)
- It's not just students that are missing class more, so are teachers. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: good guest guidelines. (abnormalreturns.com)
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