Saturday links: good decisions
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
3 days ago
4 MIN READ
Waymo
- Waymo is growing its service area in California. (theverge.com)
- What it will take to bring Waymo to NYC. (techcrunch.com)
Autos
- Americans are increasingly choosing hybrids. (nytimes.com)
- Does Tesla ($TSLA) still have the talent to get out of its slump? (theatlantic.com)
- ICE technology is just about as good as its going to get. (wsj.com)
- What happens if you shift from a gasoline tax to a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax? (papers.ssrn.com)
- A majority of Americans support dedicated bike lanes. (today.yougov.com)
- Speed kills. It’s just physics. (fastcompany.com)
Batteries
- The American battery building boom is coming to a close thanks to the new administration. (nytimes.com)
- Batteries are making the electrical grid more reliable. (construction-physics.com)
- Fingers crossed that solid state batteries become a reality. (wsj.com)
- When reusing old batteries makes sense. (thecooldown.com)
Environment
- How extreme weather affect rich and poor areas differently. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- Why build wood pellet plants near wildfire-prone areas? (wired.com)
- The costs of mitigating climate damage is increasing. (bloomberg.com)
- Alaska just hit a climate milestone. (grist.org)
Animals
- Wild pigs are a growing problem, Northern California edition. (smithsonianmag.com)
- How sterilized mosquitos are being use to combat avian malaria in Hawaii. (smithsonianmag.com)
Space
- What does it mean to be an astronaut today? (theatlantic.com)
- Honda launched and landed a reusable rocket. (theverge.com)
Cybersecurity
- Think twice before clicking unsubscribe on an unsolicited e-mail. (wsj.com)
- DuckDuckGo wants to protect you from fake e-commerce storefronts, survey sites and cyptocurrency exchanges. (engadget.com)
AI
- Is ChatGPT eroding our critical thinking skills? (time.com)
- The search is on for jobs that benefit from AI. (freethink.com)
- AI is already changing the language we speak. (theverge.com)
Behavior
- How AI companions are helping seniors. (wsj.com)
- Why veterans with PTSD are turning to psychedelics. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- On the role of comforting aromas in stirring nostalgia. (theconversation.com)
Vaccines
- Nicholas Florko, “Since being confirmed, he has pushed out the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, hired a fellow vaccine skeptic to investigate the purported link between autism and shots, and questioned the safety of childhood vaccinations currently recommended by the CDC.” (theatlantic.com)
- How mRNA vaccine technology became politicized. (wapo.st)
- How the HPV vaccine could come under assault. (theatlantic.com)
- Older Americans embrace vaccines for their health. (nytimes.com)
- Gilead ($GILD) won FDA approval to market a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV in high-risk patients (sherwood.news)
Public health
- Purdue Pharma has struck a deal to settle opioid claims. (npr.org)
- How school mask mandates affected Covid death rates. (papers.ssrn.com)
- State laws matter when it comes to youth gun deaths. (npr.org)
Health
- Doctors can no longer rely on CDC announcements. (nytimes.com)
- Dozens of critical medical trials have shuttered due to U.S. aid cuts. (nytimes.com)
- When it comes to toxic chemicals, the EPA and HHS are at odds. (npr.org)
Fitness
- What workout is best to lower blood pressure? (newscientist.com)
- How much creatine does your gummy really have? (wired.com)
- How walking can help prevent lower back pain. (newatlas.com)
- Get out into nature. (wapo.st)
Drugs
- The state of Texas may ban hemp-derived products. (cbsnews.com)
- Marijuana use may harm heart health. (yahoo.com)
Dogs
- The dogs you see today are a result of human design, often dating back to Victorian England. (forkingpaths.co)
- Laurie Santos talks with Elias Weiss Friedman, aka The Dogist, about how dogs changed his life. (podcasts.apple.com)
Food
- Thanks to tariffs, cans are getting more expensive. (nytimes.com)
- In the U.S. your ‘local shrimp’ are likely imported. (gardenandgun.com)
- The alternative milk space is oversaturated. (fastcompany.com)
- Why rice prices are rising in Japan. (economist.com)
- Why there was once opposition to ‘artificial’ ice. (freethink.com)
- Consumers love Chick-fil-A. (qsrmagazine.com)
Entertainment
- Streaming officially tops traditional viewing. (aol.com)
- Hollywood needs some original content, stat. (honest-broker.com)
- The best TV shows of 2025, so far, including ‘Andor.’ (nytimes.com)
Sports
- Sports bettors love parlays. So do the sports betting companies. (marketwatch.com)
- Are wave pools the future of surfing? (bloomberg.com)
Baseball
- What are the Red Sox doing? (danieldrezner.substack.com)
- Why are college baseball players hitting the ball so hard? (wsj.com)
- By the numbers: how Yankee and Mets fans differ. (epsilontheory.com)
College
- How to visit colleges. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- More colleges are pushing aid awards down to the deadline. (nytimes.com)
- Can you really teach entrepreneurship? (ft.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: problems with passive. (abnormalreturns.com)
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