What’s Trending: 100 Percent Fish
Trending today: “100% Fish,” a new waste-reduction initiative in Iceland to use 100 percent of every fish caught – up from about 43 percent.
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What’s Trending: Microplastics and Paint
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 31, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new report suggesting that plastics in paint are contributing to a growing problem of microplastic pollution in water.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: We’re Gonna Be Portlandia About It
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 28, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a drop in sales for mid-range breweries, those ‘craft’ beers that got taken over by big companies and distributed nationwide.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Phantom Traffic Jams
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 27, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: “phantom traffic jams,” those situations on the highway where big traffic backups develop for no discernible reason.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Helvetica, With A Human Touch
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 26, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Microsoft unveils its new default font, Aptos, replacing Calibri. Why do people have such strong preferences about fonts?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Taco Tuesday War II
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 25, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Taco Bell defeats a local restaurant in a fight over the phrase “Taco Tuesday,” but another battle looms in New Jersey.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Old Video Games
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 24, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new study finds that 13 percent of pre-2010 video games are still in print – but is that number very low, or very high?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Magic Guacamole?!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 21, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the FAA’s inability to regulate airplane seats, and a robotic guacamole maker that takes longer than you’d think it should.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Fifth Risk
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 20, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new report that finds we’ve made big advancements in weather forecasting – but there’s still room to grow.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Throw More Sand At It!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 19, 2023 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: New Jersey’s questionable approach to preserving its famed shore, which primarily consists of dumping more sand there.
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