Five healthy alternatives to popular breakfast dishes
Looking for something to swap out for your usual breakfast choices? Hereβs a quick guide to get you started. After 2 years of chaos, Covid-19 has not completely disappeared, with experts asserting that new waves of infection will reoccur on an annual basis. This seems like the perfect time to improve...
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Experts believe sex for procreation could soon be obsolete
Despite the ethical concerns of many, reproductive options including designer babies and even βartificial wombsβ appear to be inevitable. Some experts even believe that sex for procreation may soon be obsolete. Imagine that. If this isnβt the weirdest thing youβve read today, then I recommend deleting your browser history immediately. One...
Why are we watching the new Minions film in suits?
A new TikTok trend has Gen Zers flocking to their local cinemas in fully fitted suits to watch Minions: The Rise of Gru. Is it a genuine social media trend or a carefully calculated marketing scheme? The new Minions: Rise of Gru film is a bizarre entanglement of pop culture...
Concept animation for βnuclear powered sky hotelβ goes viral
Fancy a trip to the skies for three years? Want to dip into a luxury pool above the clouds? Well, you canβt just yet, but this new viral animation concept imagines the possibilities. Have you ever found yourself cruising on a luxury ferry or yacht, yearning to be high...
Rubbish bins are talking dirty to Swedish citizens to prevent littering
Donβt be startled, Swedes - thereβs no one living inside your public bins. Theyβve simply been fitted with recordings of women talking dirty to encourage you from putting your rubbish exactly where itβs supposed to go. Iβm on the fence about whether this is totally weird or somewhat genius. To discourage...
Activist wears a monthβs worth of trash as a suit
Environmental activist Rob Greenfield wore a monthβs worth of his own rubbish to demonstrate how much we generate on a regular basis. It also makes for quite the fashion statement. Β Next time youβre taking your bins out, perhaps consider donning those discarded bags of cardboard and food waste as...
You can now buy hangover prevention pills
A Swedish pharmaceutical company has developed a supplement that claims to reduce alcohol concentration in the blood by half within 30 minutes of having a drink. Unless youβre superhuman β or, of course, underage β likelihood is youβve experienced a hangover before. Enjoying a beveragino (or five) often leaves us bedridden, craving carbohydrates, and crippled by anxiety over how we vaguely recall behaving the night prior. In worst case scenarios, the throbbing...
Bees are now considered fish in California
A new court ruling has decided that some species of bee can now legally be considered fish in order to provide extra protection under the California Endangered Species Act. Consider yourself an expert on bees? Are you an academic on all things honey, hives, and bumbling? Those clued up on the iconic winged pollinators may want to brush up on their knowledge after this weekend, as a California court ruling now...
The Queenβs favourite cheesemaker might lose its royal warrant
Upon learning that Dairy Crest Limited was recently fined Β£1.5 million for committing a series of environmental offences, it looks like Lizzie might strip the companyβs right to display the coat of arms on its packaging. Whether or not youβre a fan of the British monarchy, Iβm sure we can all agree that Queen Elizabeth choosing to reprimand her favourite cheesemaker because itβs up to no gouda β pun very...
Sean Paul speaks out on climate change and social issues
You know him for his club bangers, but the Jamaican dancehall legend has had more on his mind lately. Sean Paul is speaking out on environmental issues, Jamaicaβs colonial past, and dancehallβs newest Gen-Z artists. I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm, sings Sean Paul inside thousands of nightclubs around the world every weekend. And donβt we all wish we could live inside an early 2000βs top-charting...
