Saturday links: a cleaner world
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
10 months ago
4 MIN READ
Autos
- Your driving data is being secretly scored. (nytimes.com)
- Why insurance on an EV costs more. (wsj.com)
- Why EVs last much longer than ICEs. (theatlantic.com)
Transport
- Small businesses should not be afraid of downtown car bans. (vox.com)
- E-bike usage is picking up among teenagers. (wsj.com)
- eVTOLs are quietly becoming a reality. (scientificamerican.com)
- How solar-powered planes could fill a gap. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Why wind is losing out to solar. (nytimes.com)
- Why we should be floating photovoltaics in lakes and canals. (grist.org)
- How natural gas powered plants could be nearly CO2-emissions free. (wsj.com)
- Norway just found a big batch of rare earth metals. (cnbc.com)
- A Q&A with Bill Gates about TerraPower’s nuclear project. (npr.org)
Environment
- The many ways warming water are affecting coastal areas. (theconversation.com)
- Better hurricane forecasts would be highly valuable. (nber.org)
- We are allowing too many wetlands to be put at risk. (theconversation.com)
Science
- Elephants seem to have unique names for each other. (npr.org)
- This fern has the largest genome measured. (phys.org)
Travel
- At a certain point the novelty of travel wears off. (ribbonfarm.com)
- Southwest ($LUV) has attracted an activist investor. (wsj.com)
Technology
- How game theory can make AI more reliable. (wired.com)
- How Australia is using drones and AI to keep beach goers safe from sharks. (msn.com)
- How username transfers happen in practice. (sherwood.news)
Behavior
- Don’t trash your ex in front of your kids. (wsj.com)
- Why the FDA rejected the first use case for MDMA and PTSD and what comes next. (slate.com)
Covid vaccines
- A combined Covid/influenza vaccine is nearing the finish line. (biopharmadive.com)
- Post Covid vaccine side effects show that it is working. (sciencedaily.com)
GLP-1s
- Men are less enthusiastic about going on GLP-1s. (fastcompany.com)
- Additional findings will put pressure on insurance companies to cover GLP-1 drugs. (theatlantic.com)
- What companies are saying about GLP-1s? (sherwood.news)
Health
- Evidence that reduced alcohol intake reduces cardiovascular risk. (peterattiamd.com)
- Space flight is not good for your heath. (newscientist.com)
- Some facts on sunscreens. (vox.com)
Drugs
- British Columbia is backtracking on drug decriminalizaiton. (msn.com)
- Despite legalization, the illegal marijuana trade is thriving in California. (theguardian.com)
- New York City is cracking down on illegal smoke shops. (commercialobserver.com)
- Cannabis does seem to help the population with pain relief. (papers.ssrn.com)
Food
- The amount of fish farmed globally has surpassed the wild catch for the first time as production soars to meet rising demand. (ft.com)
- Why restaurants feel the need to add service fees. (mondayeconomist.com)
- Commercial kitchens were always hot. Extreme heat isn’t helping. (eater.com)
- What happens when you quite medicine to make the country’s best pork products. (gardenandgun.com)
Entertainment
- Years ago, ‘Hit Man’ would have been a hit in the theaters. Now its on Netflix ($NFLX). (lefsetz.com)
- Why The Killers’ ‘Mr. Brightside’ endures. (insidehook.com)
Auto racing
- IndyCar is moving to Fox Sports. (apnews.com)
- Liberty Global has purchased control of Formula E. (variety.com)
Sports
- How Chess.com became a big business. (sherwood.news)
- More sports betting scandals are coming down the pike. (sportico.com)
- A profile of Rob McElhenney and his grand Wrexham experiment. (businessinsider.com)
- Rally wants to become the TopGolf of pickleball. (fastcompany.com)
- Boys volleyball is catching on with the high school crowd. (wsj.com)
- What to expect from the Paris Olympics. (gq.com)
College
- Why kids from the Northeast are flocking to colleges in the Southeast. (msn.com)
- The majority of college students don’t pay full, list price. (econofact.org)
- How to visit colleges. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
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