Saturday links: retaining students
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 day ago
4 MIN READ
Autos
- How EV batteries are holding up in real life. (newatlas.com)
- How the spreads of EVs will affect home prices. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- BYD EV sales are taking off in Mexico. (bloomberg.com)
- The Lucid Air is the most aerodynamic car on sale. (arstechnica.com)
Transport
- Bus stops are too close together. (worksinprogress.news)
- Aging drivers is a growing problem. (ft.com)
- Waymo is now available in Miami. (engadget.com)
Energy
- A solution for swapping biofuels for solar energy. (ourworldindata.org)
- Some coal plants are simply beyond their useful lives. (nytimes.com)
Environment
- What air pollution does to the body. (theconversation.com)
- We are undercounting the damage of climate change by poorly measuring damage to the oceans. (insideclimatenews.org)
Animals
- Cattle are smarter than we think. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Pet costs are largely back-end loaded these days, think vet bills. (theconversation.com)
- Why scientists are interested in llama antibodies. (bloomberg.com)
- Pronghorn sheep have survived a lot. Can they outrun climate change? (hcn.org)
- Truffles use animals to spread their spores. (economist.com)
- No manufacturing process can replicate bird feathers. (nytimes.com)
Science
- AI slop has come for scientific papers. (theatlantic.com)
- In the animal kingdom, humans are surprisingly monogamous. (sciencedaily.com)
Travel
- Hotel rooms are increasingly doing without bathroom doors. (wsj.com)
- The world is drowning in tourists. Unfortunately there is no easy solution. (bloomberg.com)
- The best and worst domestic airlines of 2025. (wsj.com)
Technology
- How video game companies keep their biggest spenders engaged. (nytimes.com)
- What a change in leadership at Apple ($AAPL) could look like. (spyglass.org)
- What should you do with that drawer full of tech gear? (nytimes.com)
Behavior
- How are YOU crazy? (newsletter.theleading-edge.org)
- How netting has dramatically reduced the number of suicides on the Golden Gate bridge. (nytimes.com)
- Five insights from Maya Shankar’s new book, “The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Health
- GLP-1s work. Now what? (theargumentmag.com)
- Flouridation has no correlation with birth weight. (nytimes.com)
- Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. for those under 50. (wsj.com)
- Another study finds no link between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and autism. (sciencedaily.com)
- 2.5 million North Carolinians have seen their medical debt erased under a new statewide agreement with hospitals. (npr.org)
- Five insights from Ashley Alker’s new book, “99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Drink
- Distillers are seeing rising inventories. (ft.com)
- Sports teams, and players, have embraced of NA beers. (frontofficesports.com)
- So have other celebrities. (pitchbook.com)
Food
- How AI can help ranchers. (axios.com)
- There is a better way to kill a caught fish. (newyorker.com)
- Smithfield Foods is acquiring Nathan’s Famous ($NATH). (frontofficesports.com)
- Younger generations are embracing spicier foods. (sherwood.news)
- Labeling matters. Gen Z hates diet soda, but loves zero sugar sodas. (bloomberg.com)
Sports
- Sports betting scandals are now commonplace. (nytimes.com)
- The Savannah Bananas are a huge hit. (frontofficesports.com)
- Where does this IU team rank among the all-time great college national champions? (neilpaine.substack.com)
- Typti is a cross between tennis and pickleball. (frontofficesports.com)
New grads
- Newly minted economics PhDs are having a tough time finding jobs. (wsj.com)
- Even elite MBAs are struggling to find jobs. (wsj.com)
College
- The ACT is losing market share to the SAT. (msn.com)
- Don’t let FASFA scare you off investing in 529 accounts. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- How the Common App changed the college application process. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the future of football. (abnormalreturns.com)
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- The U.S. has become a riskier place to do business. (abnormalreturns.com)
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