Saturday links: a form of literature
4 weeks ago
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Energy
- How the grid should be rebuilt in Western North Carolina. (grist.org)
- How Europe has weaned itself from Russian gas. (daily.jstor.org)
- How would beaming solar power from space work? (fastcompany.com)
Environment
- The U.S. military takes climate change seriously. (politico.com)
- Nature finds a way: the superweed edition. (technologyreview.com)
- In Europe, plastic bottles come with attached caps. (wsj.com)
- The Arctic isn’t going to re-ice itself. (newscientist.com)
Technology
- What the heck is going on with WordPress and Matt Mullenweg? (torment-nexus.mathewingram.com)
- Thieves are targeting home iPhone deliveries. (wsj.com)
- Where your e-waste actually goes. (npr.org)
Science
- Cases of high-profile scientific fraud keep getting unearthed. (science.org)
- Scientists and public health officials should be more willing to say ‘I don’t know.’ (bloomberg.com)
Behavior
- Researchers are still looking for a correlation between social media use and mental health problems. (psycnet.apa.org)
- Are fears over phones a ‘moral panic’? (torment-nexus.mathewingram.com)
- Good therapy has an endpoint. (fastcompany.com)
Public health
- Some positive U.S. health trends, including falling obesity rates. (axios.com)
- Growth in human life expectancy is slowing. (newscientist.com)
- Health insurance costs are only going up. (wsj.com)
- Quitting smoking at any age is helpful. (newatlas.com)
Health
- How does calorie restriction extend lifespan? (nature.com)
- The future of cancer prevention could be vaccines. (wsj.com)
- Another reason to avoid Covid infections. (cnn.com)
- The race is on for an oral anti-obesity drug. (biopharmadive.com)
- How smell and taste change with aging. (nextavenue.org)
Fitness
- In praise of body weight exercises, i.e. calisthenics. (gq.com)
- Arm position matters when it comes to taking blood pressure. (npr.org)
Drink
- The booze business is struggling. (insidehook.com)
- What makes for an Oktoberfest beer? (punchdrink.com)
- What constitutes ‘moderate drinking.’ (nytimes.com)
Food
- California has banned sell-by dates. (foodandwine.com)
- Drinking your greens is not a health panacea. (theatlantic.com)
- Rice with a lower glycemic index is coming. (theguardian.com)
- Alpha-gal syndrome is devastating for farmers. (theatlantic.com)
- Where the world’s crops are grown. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Dogs
- Want to meet more dogs? Put a treat machine in your front yard. (washingtonpost.com)
- If you have a dog, pick up after them. (wsj.com)
Drugs
- Erin Somers, “Today’s marketing casts cannabis as a kind of spalike mood regulator…” (nytimes.com)
- Like marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms are getting more potent. (wired.com)
- More people are suffering from cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. (nytimes.com)
Sports
- Ryan Smith has big ambitions for pro sports in Utah. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Why baseball players take loans over the winter. (sportico.com)
- Wimbledon is going to eliminate line judges in favor of an electronic line-calling system. (theverge.com)
- Robot referees are coming. (nytimes.com)
Movies
- The best 100 horror movies of all-time. (variety.com)
- Contrary to popular belief, Kevin Bacon is not the most connected actor in Hollywood. (statsignificant.com)
College
- Why are men choosing not to go college? (celestemdavis.substack.com)
- How to get financial aid and scholarships. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: hedge fund math. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (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)
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