Saturday links: why we love sports
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
4 weeks ago
4 MIN READ
EVs
- What its like to drive a Rolls Royce EV. (theverge.com)
- Heavy equipment is going electric. (thecooldown.com)
Autos
- Technology can’t necessarily save us from problematic beahviors like distracted driving. (fastcompany.com)
- Toyota’s ($TM) big bet on hybrids looks to pay off. (wsj.com)
- How car colors got so boring. (glennmercer.substack.com)
Energy
- China’s solar sector is booming, but profits are few and far between. (wsj.com)
- Why solar is growing so quickly: it’s simple and standardized. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- Wind power needs some new designs. (thecooldown.com)
- How do sodium-ion batteries work? (washingtonpost.com)
Environment
- 2024 is going to set a new (high) temperature record. (theguardian.com)
- At higher temperatures using a fan doesn’t help. (science.org)
- A record number of U.S. states are experiencing drought. (yahoo.com)
- How bans on gas-powered leaf blowers are playing out. (bloomberg.com)
- As ecosystems decline, so do the opportunity to identify new compounds for medicines. (msn.com)
- How cheap technology could be used to identify wildfires sooner and more accurately. (sciencedaily.com)
- On the costs of rebuilding safer homes after a disaster. (theconversation.com)
Animals
- Brazil has a growing scorpion problem. (phys.org)
- Why some species seek out sources of ethanol. (newatlas.com)
- How gophers helped bring Mount St. Helens back to life. (goodgoodgood.co)
Science
- Lidar has been used to find another hidden Maya city. (bbc.com)
- How fungi communicate. (arstechnica.com)
Space
- Why we should keep the Hubble telescope going longer. (phys.org)
- On testing a satellite made out of wood. (space.com)
- Space travel is not great for the human body. (economist.com)
Travel
- As tourist destinations get more crowded, so do opportunities to cut the line. (wsj.com)
- Carbon emissions from private jets have surged in recent years. (newscientist.com)
- Flight scheduling seems like a natural for AI. (qz.com)
- The 20 best art museums in the U.S. (wapo.st)
Health
- Sarah Zhang, “More than 40 people with lupus worldwide have now undergone CAR-T-cell therapy, and most have gone into drug-free remission.” (theatlantic.com)
- Younger doctors are pushing back against the time demands of the profession. (wsj.com)
- Now Wegovy could be used to treat MASH, i.e. liver disease. (biopharmadive.com)
- Oral obesity drugs keep making progress. (biopharmadive.com)
- Costco ($COST) is a hearing aid behemoth. (wsj.com)
- Asthma is an expensive ailment for patients. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
Fitness
- Even small amounts of exercise can help. (newatlas.com)
- How exposure to daylight affects health. (npr.org)
- Will a fitness watch help make you fitter? (timharford.com)
Drink
- A Maine town is living with the downside of a distillery, i.e. whiskey fungus. (wsj.com)
- Did Malort get ‘less gross’? (punchdrink.com)
Baseball
- Baseball has a climate problem, i.e. hotter summers. (theatlantic.com)
- The science behind MLB’s ‘magic mud.’ (sciencedaily.com)
Sports
- Golf is getting younger. (perfectputt.substack.com)
- Missouri approved sports betting leaving 11 states, including California and Texas, on the sidelines. (axios.com)
- How to become a member of Augusta National. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Competitive walking was once a popular spectator sport in the U.S. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Why we enjoy sports, even when they break our hearts. (om.co)
College
- College is getting more affordable, albeit slowly. (marginalrevolution.com)
- MBA programs are working to get to gender parity. (bloomberg.com)
Children
- School closures highlight their importance for parental mental health. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How the backpack changed school going. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: online slop. (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)
Mixed media
- Arthur C. Brooks, “Our lives are filled with uncertain outcomes, often involving the things we care about most deeply. To have any positive expectations means that disappointment is part of life.” (theatlantic.com)
- Art as an antidote to hate and uncertainty. (themarginalian.org)
- Peer effects matter, the Civil War edition. (papers.ssrn.com)
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