Episode 20

Malls make a comeback and ants crave coffee!

2026-04-20
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Ants are coffee addicts?
www.sciencedaily.com
There's a saying "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to you door".There's a new saying today. "Brew a stronger cup of coffee and ants won't ruin your picnic!"A new study has show that ants crave caffeine! It makes them better, smarter workers!This means that anti-ant bait could use less poison if they added more caffeine! Less poisons means less accidental damage to people, animals and the world environment as a whole!I guess nothing says waking up like Folger's in your ant-trap!
Robot beats runs a better marathon than humans!
www.bbc.com
Real life helper robots like Rosie from the Jetson's is one step closer as robots set a world record and beat humans in a half-marathon! The Chinese robot named "lightning" beat the current world record by 7 minutes! While humans will always be wary of AI and robots there is also the potential for good! Also remember that, statistically speaking, being polite to AI usually provides better results!
Return of mall mania!
www.usatoday.com
Gen Z gets a lot of guff for living out their life online instead of IRL. However that might be changing! It seems that "Zoomer" life may changing goals and there is one obvious winner. Malls! Gen Z has a growing need of real community and "real life" experiences. In fact last year 18-24 year olds bought 62% of their purchases at brick and mortar stores. Older people only did 52%! Like me, Zoomers must be sick of all the fake reviews, knockoffs and lack of real customer service! You go get em Gen Z!
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