Saturday links: data center demand
On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check...
Autos
- Hyundai is not backing down on EVs. (fastcompany.com)
- If you want a new Cybertruck, there are plenty of options. (sherwood.news)
- Stealth EV maker Slate Auto is set to launch a vehicle this year. (techcrunch.com)
Driving
- Congestion pricing is doing very in Manhattan, thank you very much. (curbed.com)
- How super-speeders stay on the road in NYC. (nyc.streetsblog.org)
Transport
- Archer Aviation ($ACHR) aims to connect New York's airports. (fastcompany.com)
- How the cruise industry convinced younger generations to come aboard. (sherwood.news)
Data centers
- Why the Midwest is attracting data centers. (axios.com)
- Just how fast is data center energy demand growing? (sherwood.news)
Energy
- Wind power is still growing in the U.S. (fastcompany.com)
- Environmental goals are actually pretty popular with the public. (semafor.com)
- Why not put solar panels over water canals? (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Animals
- Crows know geometry. (npr.org)
- How colossal squid differ from giant squid. (npr.org)
- How beavers can affect the landscape. (coloradosun.com)
Space
- Astronomers have found biosignatures outside our solar system. (sciencedaily.com)
- Can Eutelsat displace Starlink in Europe? (wsj.com)
- We have effectively junked up near earth orbit. (daily.jstor.org)
- A visualization of our increasingly crowded skies. (kottke.org)
Technology
- Apple ($AAPL) should use tariffs as an opportunity to re-focus. (macworld.com)
- OpenAI has a model naming problem. (spyglass.org)
Behavior
- Four ways to gain belonging including 'Locate something helpful, thoughtful, or downright weird or nerdy that excites you.' (twopct.com)
- The key to dealing with a sociopath is identifying them as such. (theatlantic.com)
Measles
- How measles spreads through a population. (nytimes.com)
- How measles affects an unvaccinated child. (nytimes.com)
Infectious disease
- The number of AIDS deaths could start going back up again. (theatlantic.com)
- We could end tuberculosis if we choose to. (theguardian.com)
- Measles is the tip of the spear. (wired.com)
HHS
- The fix is in on any RFK-backed autism study. (adn.com)
- RFK Jr. believes autism is an epidemic caused by environmental exposure. (axios.com)
- HHS has effectively stopped collecting certain health data including that for AIDS. (politico.com)
- Another NIH official accuses RFK Jr. of censoring science. (axios.com)
Health
- Stem cells help treat Parkinson's disease. (npr.org)
- Living through a flood isn't great for your health. (newatlas.com)
- How good is ED as an indicator for cardiovascular disease? (peterattiamd.com)
- The brain remembers what gave you food poisoning. (popsci.com)
- Twins are more likely to be allergic to the same things. (theconversation.com)
- Income matters for longevity. (pnas.org)
Fitness
- How regular exercise helps colon cancer patients. (npr.org)
- The controversy around filming yourself at the gym. (vox.com)
- 45 tips on getting better sleep. (artofmanliness.com)
Food
- Why aren't retail egg prices coming down? (theehedge.substack.com)
- Protein is showing up in the weirdest places. (wsj.com)
- How meat made a cultural comeback. (nytimes.com)
- How offal became trendy. (theatlantic.com)
- Eat your sauerkraut. (sciencedaily.com)
Sports
- A great Masters helps highlight the golf boom. (howardlindzon.com)
- Billiards is getting the TopGolf treatment. (sportico.com)
- Why Bentonville, Arkansas became a biking hot spot. (nytimes.com)
- Why a Russian billionaire continues to wield influence over world fencing. (politico.eu)
- Did Steve Ballmer's bet on 'The Wall' pay off? (sportico.com)
Entertainment
- Being an opening act is tough. (theconversation.com)
- Streaming is filled with unresolved cliffhangers because of shows got cancelled. (fastcompany.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: audiobook snobbery. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- 50 lessons learned from writing Construction Physics including 'Bricks haven’t gotten cheaper since the mid-19th century, despite massive improvements in brickmaking technology.' (construction-physics.com)
- Five insights from Daryl Fairweather's new book "Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work." (nextbigideaclub.com)