Saturday links: a permanent condition of mourning
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
11 months ago
3 MIN READ
Autos
- Traffic deaths fell in Q1 but remain elevated. (fastcompany.com)
- A look at the growing battle over emergency braking systems. (axios.com)
- Waymo no longer has a wait list in San Francisco. (theverge.com)
- How much does it cost to insure a Tesla ($TSLA) Cybertruck? (sherwood.news)
Energy
- We need a smarter grid, not just bigger. (semafor.com)
- How to use molten salt to store energy. (thecooldown.com)
Environment
- The intensity of wildfires has increased over the past couple of decades. (washingtonpost.com)
- TV forecasters can’t talk about the weather without mentioning climate change. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Why Galveston, Texas is uniquely at-risk of hurricanes. (smithsonianmag.com)
- America has a grass problem. (youtube.com)
Travel
- Americans just keep flying in record numbers. (wsj.com)
- Some obvious travel advice including ‘If you like isolated beaches or hikes, get up early.’ (dynomight.net)
- How to stay safe from lightning. (outsideonline.com)
Animals
- Why salamander populations are in decline in Appalachia. (vox.com)
- Who has a better life: a domesticated dog or a free-roaming dog? (nytimes.com)
Science
- Scientific papers are not necessarily error-free. (wired.com)
- Scientists do a really bad job of explaining their findings to a general audience. (bloomberg.com)
- The case for reading “Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth ” by Stuart Richie. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Technology
- Would you pay for a better Alexa? (spyglass.org)
- Perplexity AI is coming under criticism from publishers for copyright infringement. (theverge.com)
- What’s the future of the Vision Pro? (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- People tend to marry someone of similar attractiveness. (sciencedaily.com)
- Life is grief. (theatlantic.com)
Health
- We aren’t testing enough for H5N1. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The U.S. Surgeon General has declared gun violence a public health crisis. (theguardian.com)
- How the brain clears waste products. (npr.org)
- What does the science say about intermittent fasting? (newatlas.com)
- Mail-order pharmaceutical prices may not necessarily be lower. (wsj.com)
- Four ways to age gracefully including ‘Don’t retire.’ (bakadesuyo.com)
Fitness
- Working out with someone helps promote follow-thru. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Peter Attia on what over-50 year olds need to keep in mind about keeping fit. (peterattiamd.com)
- Extreme heat is making summer exercise more challenging. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- The key with cooking oils: don’t overheat them. (theatlantic.com)
- Why your bread stays fresh longer than it used to. (wsj.com)
- You can find good pizza all over America now. (nytimes.com)
- Smash burgers are having a moment. (wsj.com)
Entertainment
- VIP concert ticket packages are a hot commodity. (wsj.com)
- Moviegoing has been in secular decline for awhile now. (matthewball.co)
Children
- Some evidence in favor of preschool. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Advice for parents of a socially anxious child. (thequietlife.net)
- Two forms you should fill out before your kid goes off to college. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the money in tennis. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Some reasons why being online is so exhausting these days. (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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