Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"Efficiency now infuses every aspect of contemporary life, if you let it."
(Ian Bogost)
EVs
- Georgia bet big on EV companies. Then Trump pulled the plug. (grist.org)
- The best states for EV charging. (axios.com)
AVs
- Lyft ($LYFT) is now offering Waymo rides in Nashville. (engadget.com)
- What it takes to run a Cybercab business. (futurism.com)
Energy
- Shreeda Segan, "Sunlight is the most abundant energy source available to civilization yet we somehow capture almost none of what it offers." (arenamag.com)
- The US is installing grid-scale batteries at a faster rate than residential. (technologyreview.com)
Environment
- America's reservoirs are filling up with sediment. (bloomberg.com)
- New York City officials knew the air around Ground Zero was toxic. (axios.com)
- Why solar geoengineering is so controversial. (cnn.com)
Climate
- August 2026 tied July 2023 as the planet’s hottest month on record. (nytimes.com)
- The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years. (cnn.com)
- It's not your imagination, the U.S. is experiencing more extreme heat. (nytimes.com)
- Why farmers in Japan are now working at night. (thecooldown.com)
Animals
- Why bears keep venturing into people's backyards and pools. (nytimes.com)
- Wetlands, often supported by beavers, are natural firebreaks. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Why gray whales are seemingly in trouble. (yahoo.com)
Travel
- Rome is cracking down on the use of golf carts for tourists. (apnews.com)
- The tourism industry is slowly adapting to solo travel. (theconversation.com)
- What's the difference between TSA PreCheck, Clear and Global Entry? (wsj.com)
- What is a free hotel breakfast worth? (humbledollar.com)
- Eurail is getting a new name. (nytimes.com)
Space
- Why the Swift Telescope was so special. (scientificamerican.com)
- Nobody thinks a missile defense system, 'Golden Dome' can be built for $185 billion. (ig.ft.com)
Technology
- 14 reasons why robotics is hard. (secondthoughts.ai)
- In praise of cheap, simple, customizable consumer devices. (theatlantic.com)
Pangram
- How to write around Pangram. (forklightning.substack.com)
- Who complains about Pangram? (theargumentmag.com)
GLP-1s
- GLP-1 use seems to reduce asthma attacks. (sciencedaily.com)
- How companies are marketing GLP-1s to doctors. (wapo.st)
- GLP-1s seem to have psychiatric benefits. (sciencedaily.com)
Health AI
- Why doctors need to be open to the potential of AI. (theatlantic.com)
- How AI could help treat injured soldiers in the field. (businessinsider.com)
Pharma
- Pelacarsen, a drug from Novartis and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which targeted lipoprotein(a) failed in a Stage 3 clinical trial. (biopharmadive.com)
- On the challenge of manufacturing mRNA cancer vaccines. (pharmavoice.com)
Public health
- Why the number of deaths from ectopic pregnancies are on the rise. (propublica.org)
- How statin use could reduce the incidence of dementia. (sciencedaily.com)
- The Navy has largely ignored head trauma in naval aviators. (nytimes.com)
- Why whole body MRIs are controversial. (slate.com)
Food
- How soybeans took over the American diet. (theconversation.com)
- Starbucks ($SBUX) wants you to hang out a while. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Texas barbecue is getting a makeover. (npr.org)
- Why is candy so expensive these days? (bls.gov)
Sports
- LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy. (frontofficesports.com)
- Collaborative Fund bought a stake in the soccer club D.C. United and its stadium, Audi Field. (techcrunch.com)
- The NBA has an owner problem. (theringer.com)
- Is the NFL's Roger Goodell untouchable? (washingtonpost.com)
College
- Some reasons to go to college. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with David Deming about the point of college in the age of AI. (derekthompson.org)
- Why college costs won't crash. (wealthmanagement.com)
Children
- Research show air pollution is bad for learning. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Can we declare edtech a failure? (semafor.com)
- The last thing most teenagers will let you teach them is driving. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
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