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Abnormal Returns
4 days ago
4 MIN READ
Autos
- Uber ($UBER) is making an investment in Lucid ($LCID). (techcrunch.com)
- GM ($GM) is tying up with Redwood Materials, a battery recycler and energy company. (axios.com)
Water
- Recreational electric boats have been slow to take off. (ft.com)
- Narco subs are going autonomous. (marineinsight.com)
Air
- Inside the Federal Aviation Administration Academy. (amp.cnn.com)
- Airlines need a reliable GPS alternative. (wsj.com)
- How Qantas bounced back. (ft.com)
Energy
- For America, plug prices matter than pump prices. (bloomberg.com)
- Why it makes financial sense for farmers to lease land for PVs. (theconversation.com)
- Photovoltaics allow for crops to be grown underneath. (arstechnica.com)
- Some green shoots for offshore wind. (semafor.com)
Environment
- Evaporative cooling doesn’t work very well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (msn.com)
- Consumers take plastic use into account when buying. (wsj.com)
- What FEMA flood maps miss. (fastcompany.com)
- Floodwater can be nasty. (mentalfloss.com)
Animals
- Dogs can be trained to identify spotted lanternflies. (fastcompany.com)
- Invasive species can include fungi. (theconversation.com)
- Don’t feed the elephants! (sciencedaily.com)
Travel
- Extreme heat has upended Europe’s tourist destinations. (nytimes.com)
- How Hampton Inn became the country’s largest hotel brand. (longreads.com)
- Americans are pulling back on summer vacations. (washingtonpost.com)
Technology
- If you are out in public, assume you are being surveilled. (404media.co)
- The AI talent wars are a threat to the implicit startup contract. (danco.substack.com)
- China is building an underwater data center to reduce cooling costs. (semafor.com)
- The brothers who started a fiber company out of spite. (arstechnica.com)
Behavior
- Antidepressant withdrawal doesn’t seem to be that big an issue. (sensible-med.com)
- Insights from Joseph Jebelli’s “The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How your brain measures time. (nautil.us)
- How to be more charismatic. (theatlantic.com)
GLP-1 agonists
- How GLP-1 agonist use could affect life insurance underwriting. (glp1digest.com)
- Rehab professionals are using GLP-1 agonists to blunt cravings. (statnews.com)
- Some mouse data that trizepatide could reduce the incidence of breast tumors. (sciencedaily.com)
Vaccines
- A study of over 1.2 million children has found no link between aluminum-containing vaccines and 50 chronic childhood conditions. (newatlas.com)
- Vaccine hesitancy is a global scourge. (semafor.com)
- It matters what vaccines insurers are willing to pay for. (theatlantic.com)
- RFK Jr. could be targeting the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. (propublica.org)
- Where the measles vaccination rate has fallen below estimated herd immunity levels. (flowingdata.com)
Health
- Why cancer death rate are coming down. (economist.com)
- On the similarity between human and canine cancers. (smithsonianmag.com)
- The differences between a DO and MD are shrinking. (nytimes.com)
- The burdens of infertility fall largely on women. (theatlantic.com)
- Has bird flu stopped spreading, or have we simply stopped looking? (undark.org)
Fitness
- Just keep moving. (sciencedaily.com)
- Why kids need to move around more. (theatlantic.com)
- The (overwhelming) case for exercise. (derekthompson.org)
- What research says about the benefit of weighted vests. (twopct.com)
- Why continuous blood pressure monitoring is challenge for wearables. (cnbc.com)
Aging
- On the importance of physical activity for longevity. (outsideonline.com)
- Why older people need to up their protein intake. (wapo.st)
- Older Americans are increasingly playing video games. (theguardian.com)
- Suicide rates among older men are on the rise. (statnews.com)
Food
- 75% of restaurant orders are takeout. (apolloacademy.com)
- On the state of the changing nature of the restaurant tech stack. (platformaeronaut.com)
- Why pizzerias have better resisted national competiton. (fastcompany.com)
- A look at the many ways automation is going to change farming. (wsj.com)
Sports
- There is no horse racing industry in the U.S. without immigrants. (barrons.com)
- MLB players are leaving money on the table. (johnwallstreet.com)
- The number of curveballs in MLB are falling. (apnews.com)
- Kalshi likes to have it both ways. (sportico.com)
Children
- Boys are largely surrounded by adult women well into their teens. (nytimes.com)
- In praise of the humble recorder as a teaching tool. (npr.org)
- Support for school cellphone bans is rising. (pewresearch.org)
College
- It’s tough NOT using AI in college. (slate.com)
- Which colleges are going to get hit with an endowment fund tax? (ft.com)
- Research shows this program can increase college completion rates. (papers.ssrn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: dangerous ideas. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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