Saturday links: creating wealth
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
9 months ago
3 MIN READ
Autos
- Need a used car? Think EV. (msn.com)
- Rivian ($RIVN) is the anti-Tesla ($TSLA). (bloomberg.com)
- What it’s like to drive a Tesla ($TSLA) Cybertruck around for a day. (sfgate.com)
Energy
- Wind now generates more power than coal in the U.S. (sherwood.news)
- Energy costs are the key decision for Century Aluminum ($CENX) to build a new smelter in the U.S. (wsj.com)
- AI has wrecked Big Tech’s environmental goals. (sherwood.news)
- How solar desalination works. (asteriskmag.com)
- Windmills were not always beloved. (aeon.co)
Environment
- Why Houston keeps flooding. (wapo.st)
- The Juneau Icefield is rapidly melting. (arstechnica.com)
- Car emissions are not great for your health. (thecooldown.com)
- On the dangers of wildfire smoke. (theconversation.com)
- How quickly can lead pipes be replaced? (npr.org)
- New techniques could make recycling clothes feasible. (washingtonpost.com)
Science
- Why science is coming around to the idea that more species are conscious. (vox.com)
- Species were going extinct well before humanity. (theatlantic.com)
Animals
- Slower cargo ship speeds help reduce whale strikes. (nytimes.com)
- Restoring oyster populations in the waters of New York Harbor is proving challenging. (gothamist.com)
Archaeology
- It is now thought the pre-Columbian Amazon was inhabited by millions of people (newscientist.com)
- Denisovians lived longer than previously thought. (nature.com)
Technology
- How drones are delivering emergency medical supplies. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- How to make satellites out of wood. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- Athletes being open about mental health has increased awareness. (theconversation.com)
- Six ways to be more resilient. (bakadesuyo.com)
- Good luck picking a suspect out of a lineup. (theconversation.com)
Public health
- A gift from Michael Bloomberg will make tuition free at John Hopkins medical school. (npr.org)
- Free tuition won’t necessarily move the needle on health outcomes. (statnews.com)
Health
- Another another indication to GLP-1s. (fiercepharma.com)
- Some clues on why migraines happen. (nature.com)
- Why isn’t naltrexone prescribed to more people with alcohol use disorder? (slate.com)
Fitness
- You can drive yourself crazy with all the longevity advice. (nytimes.com)
- More men are trying to freeze fat cells away. (sherwood.news)
- Vegans can successfully engage in power sports. (grist.org)
Drugs
- The gray market for psychedelic mushrooms is growing. (wapo.st)
- Fentanyl is showing up in everything these days. (npr.org)
Fast food
- A look at the regional fast food chains that are trying to go national. (sherwood.news)
- How fast food chains have raised prices over the past decade. (visualcapitalist.com)
Food
- What potato chip prices tell us about food inflation in the U.S. (sherwood.news)
- Farm raised rainbow takes a lot of work. (modernfarmer.com)
- How America’s berries got so good. (wsj.com)
- Bans on cultivated meat are about politics, not science. (modernfarmer.com)
- Feeding the Olympics is no small feat. (eater.com)
Entertainment
- Science fiction has become more dystopian over time. (pudding.cool)
- On the death of physical media. (wired.com)
College
- Going to a selective college is associated with reduced obesity. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- Most colleges have high admission rates. (flowingdata.com)
Children
- How summer camp became so fraught. (slate.com)
- There is still a shortage of lifeguards this summer. (cnn.com)
- Modern parenting never really ends. (msn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
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