
Saturday links: moving on
4 weeks ago
4 MIN READ
EVs
- Toyota Motors ($TM) pushed off EV decisions as long as they could. (bloomberg.com)
- EV progress keeps happening, haters be damned. (vox.com)
- The number of high-speed charging stations surged in 2024. (axios.com)
Transport
- NYC congestion pricing is coming at the expense of passenger vehicles trips. (bloomberg.com)
- Are drones really the future of delivery? (sherwood.news)
- Road safety rules require enforcement. (theatlantic.com)
Energy
- Can carbon capture systems actually work? (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- Why we should put more solar panels on water, not land. (sciencedaily.com)
Environment
- Visualizing rising temperatures over the past 70 years. (flowingdata.com)
- The planet has missed it opportunity to curb carbon emissions. (nytimes.com)
- How building materials can help store carbon. (science.org)
Fire
- How the ‘wet-to-dry whiplash sequence of hydroclimate’ make the LA fires possible. (newyorker.com)
- How the fires are affecting water quality. (scientificamerican.com)
- What makes for a more fire resistant house? (fastcompany.com)
- How the fires could affect the 2028 LA Olympics. (nytimes.com)
- Taco trucks are uniquely able to provide food in a crisis. (la.eater.com)
- A Q&A with Bill Clerico of Convective Capital about the LA wildfires. (axios.com)
Space
- Space flight often comes with failed test flights. (time.com)
- Mixed results for Blue Origins’ New Glenn rocket. (cnbc.com)
- This may be the coolest photo taken in space. (arstechnica.com)
Technology
- You can’t rely on social media in a crisis. (theverge.com)
- A look at the Nintendo Switch 2. (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- Why our brains are prone to nostalgia. (vox.com)
- Online therapy hasn’t expanded access all that much. (nytimes.com)
- Five insights from “Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants is Good for Our Health” by Kathy Willis. (nextbigideaclub.com)
Obesity
- A more nuanced clinical definition of obesity. (newatlas.com)
- How sugary sodas are affecting global health. (npr.org)
Public health
- How economic disparities affect ‘frailty.’ (nber.org)
- Why Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers more than traditional Medicare. (paulkrugman.substack.com)
- In an aging population, dementia cases are only going to rise. (cnn.com)
- RFK isn’t a vaccine skeptic, he’s something worse. (nytimes.com)
Health
- The FDA has authorized Zyn. (nbcnews.com)
- Mixed news on the cancer front. (wsj.com)
- Our genetic codes are riddled with errors. (smithsonianmag.com)
- Patients who use hypertensive medications need to be aware of the risk of falls. (peterattiamd.com)
- Trying to avoid norovirus? Wash your hands…with soap. (theatlantic.com)
Weed
- Despite strict laws, Texas is awash in THC. (npr.org)
- THC infused drinks face a complicated regulatory landscape. (bloomberg.com)
- How cannabis use is displacing alcohol. (mindsetvalue.substack.com)
Food
- Everything seemingly comes in a squeeze bottle these days. (fastcompany.com)
- Why induction burners are a better choice for commercial kitchens. (thecooldown.com)
- 24-hour diners are a dying breed. (nytimes.com)
- How much protein is too much? (tastecooking.com)
- Another benefit to air fryers. (thecooldown.com)
- In praise of beans. (artofmanliness.com)
Drink
- Hop water is not NA beer. (vinepair.com)
- Restaurants have been slow to adopt NA drinks. (oldster.substack.com)
College
- Big trends facing higher education including increased tuition-discounting. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- Higher education could come under pressure in a second Trump administration. (econofact.org)
- The number of 18 year-olds is set to drop dramatically over the coming two decades. (hechingerreport.org)
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