Quorn launches Instagram initiative to combat food waste crisis
With the UK facing new restrictions, Quorn has announced it’ll turn a blind eye to meat consumption this festive season if it means saving pubs and restaurants from a food waste crisis. Over the weekend, meatless super-protein creator Quorn announced via Instagram that it will be supporting the hospitality industry...
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The anonymous French outfit debunking anti-vax theories online
With the world on the cusp of finally beginning to administer a viable Covid-19 vaccine, an anonymous French collective is rooting out ‘the very worst’ anti-vax sentiments on social media. If you thought anti-vax demonstrations in London and California were bad, France is by definition the most vaccine-sceptical nation on...
Coach’s latest collection honours classic US pop culture
The NY-based label is aiming to uplift in these trying times with a collaboration between Disney and Keith Haring, one of the most influential artists of the 1980s. A testament to American pop culture, Coach’s latest capsule collection sees an unexpected collaboration between world-beloved Disney and 80s art-icon Keith Haring....
Nine year-old Ryan Kaji leads YouTube’s top earners for 2020
Ryan Kaji, nine, has once again topped the charts of YouTube’s biggest earners, with toy unboxing and games review videos raking in close to $30 million for the child influencer. It’s time for our annual reminder that children are earning way more than us, and having more fun doing it...
Is human urine the key to a greener agriculture industry?
Can building a circular pee-conomy really contribute to a greener world? While going to the toilet and admiring the tiles on the wall, have you ever considered that maybe pulling that flusher is wasting a golden resource? Of course you haven’t, but after today you just might. If you regularly keep...
Anti-capitalist teens are giving shoplifting tips on TikTok
TikTok ‘borrowing’ communities have been popping up across the platform recently, as teens give each other tips on shoplifting as a form of ‘consumerist activism’. If you’re an avid TikTok user, you may have heard of special ‘communities’ that allow like minded people to easily chat and distribute video...
TikTok and Twitter prank Trump’s ‘election fraud’ hotline
The Trump campaign has set up a hotline to report any ‘fraudulent activity’ from the election, but is instead receiving an abundance of prank calls from social media users. It’s been a rough week for Donald Trump. After losing the election to Joe Biden last Friday he has since insisted that he actually won based on ‘legal votes’ and has claimed his victory was ‘stolen from him’. His campaign...
Will Pornhub’s ‘sex ed’ series be valuable to Gen Z?
Pornhub has launched a new sex education series to bridge the gap between porn and actual sex. Will it work? The largest host of digital pornography in the world has released an educational series to offer ‘real talk about sex from those who know it best,’ and its resources could prove to be pretty valuable for young people. Delving into a sexual smorgasbord of topics including masturbation habits, gender fluidity, condom...
World’s most endangered horse cloned from 40-year-old DNA
The Przewalski horse is one of the rarest in the world and has just been cloned in Texas. It’s a breakthrough that could allow us to restore genetic diversity for many other species in the future. US scientists have made a major breakthrough in restoring genetic diversity among horses with the creation of a Przewalski horse clone, the first of its kind to ever exist. The horse is called Kurt...
How to avoid doom scrolling on social media
2020 has been a rough one, nobody’s denying that, but our incessant flood of bad news stories is actively altering how we perceive the world. How many times in the last few years have we heard the phrase ‘this is the worst year ever’ or ‘I hope next year is better than the last’? Our obsession with negativity and global issues worsening has increased hugely over the last decade,...
