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Thanks to the popularity of online shopping, an increasing number of goods are being shipped to buyers in cardboard boxes filled with eco-unfriendly EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam. Soon, however, such boxes could be upcycled into a greener alternative to EPS.Not only is polystyrene derived from petroleum (the extraction and refinement of which is harmful to the environment), the foam made from it is very difficult to recycle, it's non-biodegradable, and it takes up a disproportionately large amount of space in…

If you view a certain kind of current pop as involving a checklist of prerequisites, then the career of 20-year-old Canadian Tate McRae ticks virtually every box. A prehistory in kids’ television? Check, albeit as the voice of Spot Splatter Splash in the cartoon Lalaloopsy. Online celebrity translated into IRL musical success, aided by a co-sign from an established artist? Check: her transition from a YouTube vlogger was aided by Billie Eilish, who co-wrote, with Finneas O’Connell, McRae’s debut single Tear Myself Apart.…

Ever wanted to catch up on the hottest new streaming shows, only to disappointingly be met with the fact that they’re not available in your region of the world? Then you need a VPN — and if you’re an Apple TV 4K streaming box user, you’ve finally got access to the best one out there.ExpressVPN is now available to download on the Apple TV app store. The subscription-based service, which starts at $12.95 a month, allows Apple TV users to route their traffic through servers “in any of 105 countries around the world”,…

A Johns Hopkins University study demonstrates that people can intuitively discern others’ intentions through observation, specifically in understanding “epistemic actions” like shaking a box to learn about its contents. This insight into human cognition could significantly influence artificial intelligence development, allowing AI to better interpret human informational needs.When researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all of them to figure out what the…

, To collect them all, we must search far and wide. But if what you want is the latest sets of Pokémon TCG cards, at a great discount, you need to check out this curated set of deals Best Buy has put together. You can get individual packs of Pokémon cards for as low as $3, or larger boxes for extra goodies and even more discounts. All you need to do to access the curated Pokémon Booster Pack Best Buy Black Friday sale is tap the button below. Keep reading to get an overview of the card sets available within these…

Thule It’s the season for car travel, and with the whole family packed inside one vehicle, it can be difficult getting the rest of your critical belongings (such as bikes and kayaks) to your destination. In theory, you could buy a larger car. Many families get a minivan for the explicit purpose of relieving this kind of pressure. But that’s pretty extreme when you could simply expand the storage space of your current car. And with Black Friday sales like this one, putting dozens of Thule rooftop cargo boxes on big…

Back in August last year, Red7Marine joined a project led by Danish multinational Ørsted to design and install artificial nesting sites for threatened seabirds close to the Suffolk shoreline as part of the upcoming Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm project.Ørsted was awarded the contract for the Hornsea 3 project by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in July of last year, and an "ecological compensation measure" was included as part of that arrangement.While the 2,852-MW wind farm is to be located…

Quordle 545 answers for July 23: The last thing any player wants on a Sunday morning is to deal with a tricky puzzle. Sunday is the weekend and a time when people finally relax from the stress of their regular life. And it is not always possible to give their hundred percent to the game. Yet, the streak must be protected. In case you feel like relaxing and not putting in much effort today, we've got a solution for you — Quordle hints and clues. As always, we have carefully curated information that will help you reach the…

Hard Drivin’ Nintendo could be facing a new class action lawsuit over its usage of loot boxes in mobile racer Mario Kart Tour. The suit, filed by a guardian on behalf of their minor, is looking to force Nintendo to refund all loot box purchases made by minors since the free-to-play title’s release in September 2019. As reported by Class Action.org, the lawsuit essentially alleges the common concerns about the free-to-play/loot box system, that grinds are implemented in order to encourage players to spend real money…

These days, video game loot boxes aren't quite as ubiquitous as they once were, but that hasn't stopped one young player from suing Nintendo over their inclusion in the mobile game Mario Kart Tour. The suit claims that the game's loot boxes (known as Spotlight Pipes) are a form of trickery that encourages "addictive behaviors akin to gambling."As reported by Axios, these Spotlight Pipes are loot boxes with undisclosed odds, and players used to be able to spend real money to activate the pipes again and…