Since the 1950s, humanity has produced an estimated 8.3 billion tons of plastic, adding a further 380 million tons to this amount each year. Only 9% of this gets recycled. The inevitable result is that plastic is everywhere, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2023
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If you've stayed at a brand-name hotel or eaten at a fast food restaurant recently, it's more likely than not that you've supported a franchised company. Franchising is a distribution strategy where a larger company, the ...
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2023
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found that placing labels on foods sold at fast food restaurants informing consumers of the negative impact of the production of such foods on the ...
Drive-throughs—services that let people order and collect food and drink without needing to leave their cars—are designed with convenience in mind. Whether it's oppressively hot, uncomfortably cold, or we're just in a ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2022
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Unchecked climate change may leave some Arctic predators surviving off of marine "junk food," according to a new UBC study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown continues, restaurants everywhere are feeling the impact. Many closed or switched to curbside and takeout options. But others have been on a months-long roller coaster—opening as virus ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2020
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The average rate at which Americans tip for services has been increasing steadily for decades, which creates a growing pay disparity between tipped and nontipped workers. The practice has been branded over the years as classist, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 27, 2018
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Imagine for a moment that you're a young bald eagle soaring through the sky, scouring for a nice meal down below. You could hold out for fresh prey to skitter by. But your hunting skills aren't quite up to snuff, and hey, ...
Ecology
Oct 21, 2015
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Welcome to the future. October 21, 2015 is the date "Back to the Future" professor Doc Brown and Marty McFly journey to in their time-traveling DeLorean in the second installment of the much-loved movie trilogy.
Other
Oct 21, 2015
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Listen up, Dell and Starbucks and all the other companies that turn to consumers for new ideas about products and services. There's a better way to pry good ideas out of your customers than through the same old standard online ...
Economics & Business
Sep 23, 2015
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