The CDC published a blog post about zombies 10 years ago and news outlets simply will not shut up about it.Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7vg8q/cdcs-zombie-apocalypse-preparedness-guide-the-blog-that-will-not-die…
Tag: Food
Over one-sixth of all food produced ends up being thrown in the bin
Consumer food waste hit 931 million tonnes in 2019, 17 per cent of global production. Although this figure includes non-edible waste such as bones, it suggests huge amounts of food are going uneaten Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270058-over-one-sixth-of-all-food-produced-ends-up-being-thrown-in-the-bin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cephalopod Passes Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
mi shares a report from ScienceAlert: The marshmallow test, or Stanford marshmallow experiment, is pretty straightforward. A child is placed in a room with a marshmallow. They are told, if they can manage not to eat the marshmallow for 15 minutes, they’ll get a second marshmallow, and be allowed to eat both. This ability to delay gratification demonstrates cognitive abilities such…
Beyond Meat Signs Global Supply Deals With McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
U.S. plant-based protein company Beyond Meat has signed global supply deals with fast food firms McDonald’s and Yum! Brands, which includes KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and others. AgFunderNews reports: The three-year strategic agreement with McDonald’s will see Beyond Meat become the ‘preferred supplier’ of patties for the fast food chain’s new McPlant plant-based burger. Under their separate strategic partnership, Beyond…
Crew of mock lunar ‘biosphere’ grew food and made oxygen for 200 days
The inhabitants of China’s Lunar Palace biosphere lived on recycled oxygen and water, and grew their own food for a record-setting 200 days without outside intervention Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268836-crew-of-mock-lunar-biosphere-grew-food-and-made-oxygen-for-200-days/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cats are too socially inept to be loyal
A new study finds that cats, unlike dogs, will gladly accept food from people who are not nice to their owners. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cats-do-not-distinguish-human-enemies-friends.html
‘Little Foot’ hominin was either ill or very hungry in her childhood
An Australopithecus woman who lived 3.67 million years ago has defects in her teeth enamel that suggest she was either deprived of food or seriously ill as a youngster Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269662-little-foot-hominin-was-either-ill-or-very-hungry-in-her-childhood/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Popular LA Restaurant Closes After High-Tech ‘Dine and Dash’ Scheme
quonset writes: “The Korean Fusion Cafe ‘Spoon by H’ had the ingredients to become an L.A. success story but is the epitome of a small business, with owner and chef Yoonjin Hwang working 15-hour days to run the restaurant with her mother and brother,” reports CBS News. “‘We have no staff. We have no cooks. I have to do everything by…
FDA clears Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Saturday (Feb. 27), making it the third shot cleared for use in the country. Source: https://www.livescience.com/johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use.html
America Authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
America’s Food and Drug Administration just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, according to CBS News. “The vaccine is the third to be approved for use in the United States, and the first that requires only one shot…” Among people who got the vaccine in clinical trials, there were no COVID-related deaths. Phase 3 clinical trials also showed…