Saturday links: generating forward motion
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
5 days ago
4 MIN READ
EVs
- EVs are just better at turning energy into forward motion. (apnews.com)
- Chinese EV manufacturers are coming for Brazil’s car market. (nytimes.com)
Transport
- A Q&A with Adam Goldstein, CEO of Archer Aviation ($ACHR). (sherwood.news)
- On the controversy over wake boats. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Injecting CO2 underground comes with its own complications. (daily.jstor.org)
- 90% of new power installation in the U.S. is renewable. (apolloacademy.com)
Water
- The problem with water: there’s either too much or not enough. (riskgaming.com)
- Undersea mining is a series of unknowns. (msn.com)
Heat
- Cities need multiple tools to combat urban heat. (theconversation.com)
- The case for ‘tiny forests’ in urban areas. (nytimes.com)
- Cities need more shade. (slate.com)
Animals
- Want to study shark attacks? Researchers go to this island. (science.org)
- Fireflies are having a good summer. (mentalfloss.com)
Travel
- Airport lounges are going upscale with the food offerings. (nytimes.com)
- A list of the newest UNESCO Heritage sites. (npr.org)
- How to learn a few words before you travel overseas. (nytimes.com)
Space
- Why does SpaceX’s Starship keep blowing up? (nymag.com)
- The problem of space junk is only going to get worse. (forkingpaths.co)
- What happens if we do spot an ‘Earth killer’ asteroid? (ft.com)
Science
- You can’t analyze what isn’t measured. (flowingdata.com)
- Who funds U.S. scientific research. (papers.ssrn.com)
- This microbe ‘breaths’ both oxygen and sulfur. (quantamagazine.org)
Technology
- Do you really want to give AI access to your personal data? (techcrunch.com)
- How Google turned phones into earthquake detectors. (newatlas.com)
Behavior
- To what extent are mental health conditions a function of undiagnosed health conditions? (newyorker.com)
- Insights from Julian Treasure’s “Sound Affects: How Sound Shapes Our Lives, Our Wellbeing and Our Planet.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Fertility
- The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024. (nbcnews.com)
- What you need to know about the total fertility rate. (theconversation.com)
- Why you shouldn’t expect a big turnaround in global fertility rates. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Why your odds of a boy/girl may not be 50%. (npr.org)
Health policy
- How the administration has slashed cancer research. (wired.com)
- How the administration is undermining the ACA. (bloomberg.com)
- PEPFAR has been spared, barely. (thebulwark.com)
Health
- Why are lung cancer rates rising among non-smokers? (nytimes.com)
- Why different countries have different vaccination schedules. (theatlantic.com)
- A drug to treat sleep apnea would be a big deal. (nytimes.com)
- Microbiomes are geography specific. (newatlas.com)
Fitness
- Music can help you work out. Just don’t let it get too loud, for too long. (insidehook.com)
- 11 scientific nuggets on fitness including ‘What are the benefits of yoga?’ (bakadesuyo.com)
- Optimizing your life is only going to lead to burnout. (insidehook.com)
Food
- Food intake is to blame more for obesity than activity levels. (npr.org)
- Five insights from Michael Grunwald’s “We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Consuming eggs doesn’t boost cholesterol levels. (newatlas.com)
- Eat more small fish. (twopct.com)
Foodflation
- McDonald’s ($MCD) has an affordability problem. (wsj.com)
- Olive oil prices are headed higher. (cnbc.com)
- Beef prices are at all-time highs. (fastcompany.com)
Sports
- WNBA players need a raise. The question is how? (neilpaine.substack.com)
- Synthetic turf is taking over sports field across America. (nytimes.com)
- What’s behind improvements in cycling speed? (theatlantic.com)
- Trade deadline deals rarely save your MLB team’s season. (neilpaine.substack.com)
Movies
- The 25 best horror movies of the 2000s including ‘A Quiet Place.’ (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Six movies better than the books they are based on, including ‘Jurassic Park.’ (theatlantic.com)
- A list of great LA-based movies including ‘The Player.’ (ft.com)
- How ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ nabbed all those golfer cameos. (frontofficesports.com)
Colleges
- Why you should write a letter to your child going to college. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Why you should try to take tests mid-day. (sciencedaily.com)
- Retirees are the future of campuses. (fa-mag.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the state of fertility science. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What if gold went the way of diamonds? (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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