Saturday links: medicine and baseball
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
- The Tesla ($TSLA) backlash is real. (wired.com)
- Some factors behind the spike in pedestrian deaths. (arstechnica.com)
Gas
- Natural gas could get a leg up connecting to the grid. (nytimes.com)
- Engine No. 1 is teaming up with Chevron ($CVX) to use gas to power data centers. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Weather
- In an age of accelerating weather volatility we need the NOAA more than ever. (scientificamerican.com)
- Will we still call it the 'Gulf of America' when it spins up a hurricane? (flowingdata.com)
Environment
- A carbon startup that actually plants trees. (techcrunch.com)
- Swamps and peatlands are great CO2 sinks. (msn.com)
- Low-carbon concrete is becoming more cost competitive. (fastcompany.com)
- Tariffs will increase the domestic costs of mineral extraction. (daily.jstor.org)
- What if we deconstructed buildings as carefully as we put them up? (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Transport
- Sadly, the Washington DC plane crash was not a surprise to some observers. (nytimes.com)
- NYC congestion pricing is a success. So, of course, Trump wants to kill it. (paulkrugman.substack.com)
- How the Boom XB-1 avoids actual sonic booms. (newscientist.com)
- Drones are going to change the nature of naval warfare. (wired.com)
Science
- Chris Erickson, "A single dead whale, sinking into the cold, dark silence, becomes a fully functioning ecosystem for thirty years." (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com)
- Why astronomers are excited about the launch of SPHEREx. (npr.org)
Technology
- Wikipedia is girding for war. (404media.co)
- For government officials, smartwatches are a security risk. (watchesofespionage.com)
- Why are robocalls still a thing? (techdirt.com)
Behavior
- Why decluttering is stressful. (theconversation.com)
- It's easier to change your situation than your behavior. (timharford.com)
H5N1
- The U.S. is not ready for bird flu in humans. (scientificamerican.com)
- The new regime is not particularly interested in the tools of pandemic mitigation. (theatlantic.com)
GLP-1 agonists
- The doctors that are taking GLP-1 agonists. (nytimes.com)
- Some preliminary evidence that GLP-1 agonist use reduces alcohol use. (cnn.com)
- Patients who have lost a lot of weight on GLP-1 agonists are turning to surgery to get rid of 'sagging' skin. (wsj.com)
Vaccines
- Emily Oster, "The world without childhood vaccines isn’t one I want to live in." (theatlantic.com)
- The return of measles is a bellwether for society. (npr.org)
- The Louisiana Department of Health is ending mass vaccination campaigns. (arstechnica.com)
Beverages
- Fairlife Milk has become a big hit for Coca Cola ($KO). (finance.yahoo.com)
- Prebiotic soda brand Olipop was recently valued at $1.85 billion. (cnbc.com)
Food
- There's no dairy industry without immigrant labor. (ft.com)
- For many chefs, a Michelin star is more trouble than it is worth. (wsj.com)
- Why we still crave dessert, even if we are already full. (newatlas.com)
- Eat your yogurt. (npr.org)
Drink
Streaming
- Happy 20th anniversary to YouTube! (npr.org)
- F1 on Netflix ($NFLX) seems like a no-brainer. (spyglass.org)
Sports betting
- Sports bettors are taking their frustrations out on players. (nytimes.com)
- Customers are suing DraftKings ($DKNG) over its VIP program. (wsj.com)
- Kalshi saw a good amount of in-game betting. (sportico.com)
Sports
- Steve Cohen wants to turn the area around Citi Field into a big entertainment destination. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Better equipment can help, but brain injuries are inherent in football. (theincidentaleconomist.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: managing your emotions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)
