Saturday links: controlling disease
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Abnormal Returns
1 day ago
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AVs
- Google ($GOOGL) is tying part of Sundar Pinchai’s pay to Waymo. (sherwood.news)
- Amazon’s ($AMZN) Zoox will test its robotaxis in Dallas and Phoenix. (engadget.com)
- Zoox plans to make its robotaxis available on the Uber ($UBER) app in Las Vegas later this year (techcrunch.com)
EVs
- Honda is giving up on planned new EVs. (theverge.com)
- Rivian ($RIVN) is launching a new lower cost SUV. (wsj.com)
- The Chevy Bolt is back, briefly. (arstechnica.com)
- What to know if you buy an EV. (wsj.com)
Transport
Solar energy
- Solar panels don’t traverse the Strait of Hormuz. (semafor.com)
- Last year, solar installations dipped in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- A U.S. Senator who mocked renewable energy has solar panels on his own house. (politico.com)
Energy
- Despite a lot of talk and press releases, not much nuclear power is getting built. (semafor.com)
- Nuclear power is more flexible than you think. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- How renewable energy projects can revive an area. (theatlantic.com)
- Why not use geothermal energy to power data centers? (rockandturner.substack.com)
- Why aren’t there wind turbines in Lake Michigan? (chicago.suntimes.com)
Environment
- The number of worldwide extreme heat days is growing over time. (bloomberg.com)
- The war in Iran is already an environmental disaster. (yahoo.com)
- The EPA is down, but not out. (biographic.com)
- The Trump administration has targeted the National Center for Atmospheric Research for closure. (science.org)
- A look at the life of the A23a iceberg as it nears its end. (bbc.co.uk)
- How AI is being used to remove snow up faster. (insurancejournal.com)
- How AI could help recycling operations. (qz.com)
Animals
- The Trump administration can’t make up its mind about the threat of Asian carp in the Great Lakes. (chicago.suntimes.com)
- Why are black bear attacks rising in Japan? (vox.com)
Travel
- Climate change is going to make flying bumpier. (newyorker.com)
- The airlines act as if they hate basic economy passengers. (msn.com)
Technology
- Pokemon Go has provided Niantic with a lot of geo-data. (technologyreview.com)
- War ultimately requires human oversight. (theconversation.com)
Behavior
- People are seeking out new third spaces. (cnbc.com)
- On the prospects of psychoactive compounds without the trip. (sciencedaily.com)
- Five insights from Sunita Sah’s “Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Addiction
- Are GLP-1s going to become the standard treatment for addiction? (npr.org)
- Higher doses of buprenorphine seem to better prevent opioid relapse. (theconversation.com)
- A single dose of psilocbybin seems to help smokers quit. (npr.org)
- Recreational marijuana does displace illegal markets. (eurekalert.org)
Health
- How mammograms could be used to identify heart disease. (msn.com)
- How pediatricians are navigating an increasingly complex vaccine landscape. (nytimes.com)
- The state of Florida is doing its best to ignore a measles outbreak. (theatlantic.com)
Food
- You’re eating more cabbage than you think. (worksinprogress.news)
- Who is spending money on DoorDash? (theargumentmag.com)
- The U.S. pistachio industry traces its origins to Iran. (bloomberg.com)
- Eat more fiber. (sciencedaily.com)
Drink
- More signs the craft brewing industry is in trouble. (chicago.suntimes.com)
- Running a business, especially a microbrewery, is a challenge. (illiquid.beer)
Sports
- The NFL wants to own another day. (sportico.com)
- How sports drove the adoption of television. (worksinprogress.co)
Entertainment
- How highly engineered short form video has taken over China. (hbr.org)
- Filmmakers are returning to the center of the Hollywood universe. (theatlantic.com)
- Every stream of an AI-produced song, dilutes royalties for humans. (perthirtysix.com)
College
- How to compare financial aid awards. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Universities have largely been successful in court against the administration. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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