Autos
- Why American cars can't have normal headlights. (theatlantic.com)
- China's EV adoption rate is soaring. (sherwood.news)
- The Rivian ($RIVN) R2 is here. (cnbc.com)
Transport
- Protected bike lanes give a big boost to riding. (phys.org)
- How driverless trucks are doing in practice. (wsj.com)
- How drones can help fight wildfires. (godspeed.today)
- What problem(s) air taxis solve. (notboring.co)
Environment
- The Trump administration is pulling the plug on the Ocean Observatories Initiative. (thebulwark.com)
- Amazon deforestation hits lowest level since 2019. (semafor.com)
- Measuring the costs of the drying up of the Great Salt Lake. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Weather can't be avoided, it can only be priced. (unstableequilibria.substack.com)
Animals
Science
- The Trump administration wants to defund social science research. (theatlantic.com)
- Centralizing decision making is a disaster for American science. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The Trump administration is doing everything it can to dismantle science programs. (bloomberg.com)
- Will AI kill the academic research paper format? (marginalrevolution.com)
Apple
- The iPhone is still central to what Apple ($AAPL) does. (stratechery.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) is making the iPhone an AI device. (spyglass.org)
- The new Siri just needs to work. (spyglass.org)
Technology
- We are beginning to sort through where AI models make the most sense. (spyglass.org)
- Why aren't there American open source AI models? (cloudedjudgement.substack.com)
- Dwarkesh Patel talks with Alex Imas and Phil Trammel about the economics of AI. (youtube.com)
- Five things you need to know about AI. (technologyreview.com)
- ChatGPT has not killed Google Search. (sherwood.news)
- OpenAI has filed to go public. (wsj.com)
Cancer
- More people are surviving cancer. That doesn't mean they are in the clear. (npr.org)
- How CRISPR can be used to destroy cancer cells. (innovativegenomics.org)
- GLP-1 use may reduce the incidence of breast cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
Health
- The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists has released its own recommendations for maternal vaccination, (arstechnica.com)
- The U.S. is finally getting a new (better) sunscreen ingredient. (marginalrevolution.com)
- A look at recent pharmaceutical breakthroughs. (worksinprogress.news)
- Can we turn back the clock on human cells? (nature.com)
- A reminder that measles is no joke. (wired.com)
- How doctors are using AI. (nytimes.com)
Fitness
- Wearables data is nearing the clinic. (statnews.com)
- Comparing Whoop, Oura, Fitbit and Apple Watch. (wsj.com)
- Left to our own devices we tend to veer left when talking. (nytimes.com)
Drink
- New federal guidelines are out of sync with the research on the harms of alcohol consumption. (statnews.com)
- How brewers filter beer. (slate.com)
Sports
- On the marriage between Trump and UFC. (axios.com)
- The story of the turf World Cup games are getting played on. (theatlantic.com)
- Despite poor performance on the pitch, the U.S. increasingly drives world football. (ft.com)
- Professionalized youth sports is displacing places for kids to play for free. (bloomberg.com)
College
- Eight predictions for the future of colleges including 'The prestige of the truly elite colleges will, sadly, not change all that much.' (newyorker.com)
- Keep your syllabi up to date! (papers.ssrn.com)
- What is an AI degree worth? (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Radical uncertainty and global demographic decline. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: the decline of books. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: a proven failure. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: setting strategic goals. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: what truly matters. (abnormalreturns.com)
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