Autos
- How Carvana ($CVNA) plans to sell new cars. (cnbc.com)
- Lyft ($LYFT) and Uber ($UBER) prices for the same ride can differ dramatically. (consumerreports.org)
- Uber ($UBER) AVs are coming to Houston. (techcrunch.com)
Waymo
- Waymo has a construction zone problem. (techcrunch.com)
- Why some cities are resisting Waymo. (fasterplease.substack.com)
- What it's like to ride in a Waymo. (the-independent.com)
Transport
- There's no growth in transit in America without bringing costs down. (slowboring.com)
- Check out the world's first ocean ship tunnel. (newatlas.com)
- How drones could be used to find people who fall overboard. (newatlas.com)
Energy
- How balcony solar will change American power generation. (nytimes.com)
- How the Iran war boosted renewable energy. (paulkrugman.substack.com)
- The huge SunZia Wind Project in New Mexico is now online. (semafor.com)
- What does it take to convert a coal power plan to natural gas? (construction-physics.com)
Recycling
- The U.S. has a recycling problem. (barrons.com)
- CVS is switching to aluminum pill bottles. (wired.com)
- Ocean Cleanup now operates in 10 places. (theguardian.com)
- Is it possible to eliminate the use of single-use takeout containers? (thehustle.co)
Smoke
- The U.S. has a wildfire smoke problem. (thecooldown.com)
- Evidence that people flee air pollution, when possible. (papers.ssrn.com)
Heat
- Antarctica is experiencing a record heat wave. (theguardian.com)
- How hot is too hot to work outside? (bloomberg.com)
Oceans
- How are the world's oceans doing? Not great. (theguardian.com)
- Some signs of hope for the resilience of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC. (science.org)
Environment
- The administration wants to rollback the 2001 Roadless Rule. (theconversation.com)
- The U.S. Forest Service is gutting research on forest and wildfires. (npr.org)
- The administration seems to be snubbing Illinois, and other blue states, when it comes to approving disaster relief. (chicagotribune.com)
- The 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act worked. (nber.org)
Animals
- Birds love restored peatlands. (newscientist.com)
- Armadillos are now in North Carolina. (thecooldown.com)
- The case for vaccinating wild animals. (worksinprogress.news)
Air travel
- The U.S. still has an acute shortage of air traffic controllers. (ft.com)
- Airport lounges are overwhelmed. Hence the growth in grab-and-go locations. (nytimes.com)
- The Strait of Hormuz may be open, but don't expect airfares to fall. (npr.org)
- How airport architects try to use design to calm travelers. (bloomberg.com)
Science
- No one wins from a war on science. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The compact between science and government is broken. (scientificamerican.com)
AI
- Hospitals are rolling out AI tools that aren't necessarily well-tested. (theatlantic.com)
- If AI solves a mathematical proof, we still need mathematicians to check it. (wsj.com)
Technology
Space
- Blue Origin is struggling. (ft.com)
- How millions of satellites would ruin the night sky. (theconversation.com)
Behavior
- How 'hasslers' make life more difficult. (theatlantic.com)
- Sean Illing talks with Amir Levine, author of "Secure: The Revolutionary Guide to Creating a Secure Life" (podcasts.apple.com)
- Researchers are engineering more efficient psychedelic treatments. (theatlantic.com)
Influenza
- A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base. (nytimes.com)
- Moderna’s ($MRNA) mRNA-1010 influenza vaccine showed good efficacy. (biopharmadive.com)
- Why cleaning indoor air matters. (nytimes.com)
GLP-1s
- A lot of GLP-1 users stop and restart therapy. (sciencedaily.com)
- GLP-1 users seem to have fewer bone fractures. (sciencedaily.com)
Health
- The U.S. is on track to lose measles elimination status. (wsj.com)
- The HPV vaccine works. Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted. (newscientist.com)
- A big study shows Covid vaccination cuts the risk of adverse heart events. (arstechnica.com)
- Calcium and vitamin D supplements don't do anything for bone health. (sciencedaily.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with Matthew Herper, senior writer at STAT News, about the raft of recent (good) health news. (youtube.com)
Drugs
- Cannabis use is not risk-free. (slate.com)
- Why Colombia's cocaine business is booming. (ft.com)
- How the Trump administration came to defend the kratom industry. (nytimes.com)
Food aid
- At least 3.5 million people nationwide have been booted from the SNAP program. (politico.com)
- How U.S. aid cuts are showing up in Senegal. (npr.org)
Food
- Aldi is pressing its price advantage in the U.S. (ft.com)
- The costs to combat the spreads of the screwworm are only going up. (axios.com)
- America has a cottage cheese shortage. (nytimes.com)
- There's a lot you don't know about garlic. (slate.com)
- Fruit is being bred to be sweeter. (theatlantic.com)
Sports
- The evidence is growing that heading the ball is bad for the brain. (wsj.com)
- The contrast between the White House's UFC fights and the Knicks victory celebration is palpable. (garbageday.email)
- Michael Easter on why the 'Enhanced Games' were a spectacular failure. (youtube.com)
Movies
- The 10 best films of the year, so far, including 'Project Hail Mary.' (hollywoodreporter.com)
- How our taste in movies changes as we age. (statsignificant.com)
- Why Amazon MGM Studios dropped the movie, “Artificial” about Sam Altman. (variety.com)
- Pixar's initial run was unprecedented. (readtrung.com)
College
- How to do college visits right. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- AI cheating is only getting more sophisticated. (nytimes.com)
Children
- How modern fatherhood has changed. (theconversation.com)
- The moms who proudly get high. (theatlantic.com)
- Adam Grant talks with Darby Saxbe, author of "Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives." (podcasts.apple.com)
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