Coca-Cola vending machine stocked with sports drink praised for taking measures for workers
Jun 24, 2022 09:25 am UTC| Life Economy Business
A Coca-Cola branded vending machine at a construction site in Japan stocked only with a grapefruit-flavored sports drink, Aquarius, is getting a lot of praise for addressing the needs of workers and for its low...
Burger King Japan swapping out French fries for crunchy ramen noodles
Jun 24, 2022 09:10 am UTC| Life Economy Business
Some customers arent too thrilled with what Burger King calls the almost-potato set meal, which includes a burger, a drink, and a side of crunchy ramen noodles. One customer said hed rather go to McDonalds than settle...
S. Korean food delivery apps let users order less salty and sugary foods
Jun 23, 2022 23:12 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Life
A new feature that lets users request less salt and sugar will be added to South Korean food delivery apps. The Ministry of Health and Welfare intends to push food delivery apps to develop a feature to modify the amount...
Celibacy: its surprising evolutionary advantages – new research
Jun 23, 2022 16:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Why would someone join an institution that removed the option of family life and required them to be celibate? Reproduction, after all, is at the very heart of the evolution that shaped us. Yet many religious institutions...
Pandemic's impacts on how people live and work may change city centers for decades to come
Jun 23, 2022 16:20 pm UTC| Life
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea If companies allowed more of their employees to permanently work from home, businesses would gravitate toward city centers, while...
Female finance leaders outperform their male peers, so why so few of them in academia and beyond?
Jun 23, 2022 16:17 pm UTC| Life
The gender diversity of thought leadership in finance is lower than in most other academic fields, our research shows. Finance ranks 132nd out of 175 fields with a representation of only 10.3% women among its thought...
How Rising festival brought us dance in times of plague
Jun 23, 2022 07:05 am UTC| Life
Three years in the making, Risings much-anticipated first edition brought to Melbournes festival-deprived audiences a rich program featuring 225 events. With former Chunky Move founder and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
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