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Consumer food insights report highlights increasing use of food ordering apps
“Have you ever used a food ordering mobile application (such as UberEats, Grubhub, or a restaurant app) to order food for delivery or takeout?”, September 2024, Provided by: Purdue University According to the September 2024 Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI), nearly two-thirds of consumers have used a food ordering app at least once for takeout, delivery, or both. More than…
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Earth
Why is Mount Everest so big? New study highlights river of injustice, but deeper forces are at work
Map of normalized channel steepness (ksn) as a measure of stream power. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01535-w Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmatha) is famous for being the tallest mountain in the Himalayas, and indeed on Earth. but why? At 8,849 meters above sea level, Mount Everest is about 250 meters higher than the other great mountains…
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Science
UK Popper study highlights problems with proposed drug policy
Adjusted odds ratios for self-reported popper use by combination of gender and sexual orientation (full sample on the left, subsamples on the right). Source: The British Journal of Criminology (2024). DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azae055 New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has revealed contradictions in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK and how exemptions from the…
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