Saturday links: ridiculous promises
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
- Auto supply chains are hopelessly globalized. (bloomberg.com)
- EVs still have a long way to go to gain mindshare in the U.S. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How to deter serial speeders. (bloomberg.com)
Energy
- How Helsinki ditched coal for good. (fastcompany.com)
- Why we should power data centers with geothermal energy. (theatlantic.com)
Environment
- Arctic sea ice keeps shrinking. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Industrial air pollution really is bad for human health. (wapo.st)
Medicine
- The Covid-cautious are a small minority these days. (theatlantic.com)
- Why the U.S. still has a shortage of physicians. (theconversation.com)
Health
- 50 or older? Get your shingles vaccine! (nature.com)
- A newly approved antibiotic for UTIs. (nbcnews.com)
- Why you want to avoid concussions. (newatlas.com)
- Lp(a) is a new drug target to help prevent heart disease. (biopharmadive.com)
- There are plenty of reasons to delete your 23andMe data. (theconversation.com)
Dogs
- Marc Bekoff and Jane Goodall, "For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to be loyal to us and need our care. To use them in deadly and painful experiments is a profound betrayal of trust." (wapo.st)
- Why dogs love to get into the trash. (theconversation.com)
Drink
- The message on the link between alcohol use and cancer risk is getting through. (sciencedaily.com)
- It's not just the elites who drank wine in ancient Troy. (smithsonianmag.com)
Soda
Food
- Lunch sales still hasn't bounced from the pandemic. (wsj.com)
- Glenn Powell just launched a brand of condiments. (fastcompany.com)
- Backyard chickens come with its downsides for neighbors. (wsj.com)
- How a better chicken can help alleviate poverty in Africa. (nytimes.com)
Music
- Why are there so many biopics about musicians? (cantgetmuchhigher.com)
- Why female musicians feel the need to join OnlyFans. (npr.org)
Sports
- Why college basketball teams are getting older. (club.sportico.com)
- By the numbers, this is the most accomplished Final Four lineup in history. (neilpaine.substack.com)
College
- Colleges are going to feel the pain of a crackdown on international students. (fastcompany.com)
- Law school students are boycotting law firms that have capitulated to Trump. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: better aging. (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)
