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Easy Ways to Stop Wasting Food & Why Are There So Many Insects?

2024/8/8
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Mike Carruthers: 重启电子设备时，需要等待10-30秒才能确保设备完全关闭并重置，因为设备中存在电容，需要时间完全放电。 Katherine Kellogg: 美国约40%的食物被浪费，这是一个严重的问题，其中近一半发生在家庭中。我们可以通过计划饮食、少买食物、正确储存食物以及充分利用快要坏的食物等方法来减少食物浪费，并节省开支。农场是食物浪费的主要场所，例如香蕉因为尺寸略大而被丢弃。不要清洗刚买回来的浆果类水果，应将其放入密封容器中冷藏，可以保存长达两周。一次性将所有食材都切好，可以提高食材利用率。可以将变硬的玉米片、爆米花或饼干放入烤箱中加热，使其恢复酥脆。 Steve Nicholls: 昆虫对地球生态系统至关重要，它们参与授粉、食物链等环节。由于栖息地丧失和杀虫剂的过度使用，全球昆虫数量正在急剧下降，这将对生态系统造成严重影响。昆虫的寿命差异很大，有些昆虫例如蜉蝣的成虫寿命只有几天甚至几小时，而另一些昆虫例如蟑螂可以存活数年。昆虫通过多种方式传播到世界各地，包括人为运输和自然迁徙。 Mike Carruthers: 下午小睡10-30分钟可以提高认知能力，但时间过长会产生睡意。

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Electronic devices often require a 10-second reboot to fully shut down and reset. This is due to capacitors, which act like tiny batteries and hold power even after the device is turned off. Waiting allows the capacitors to drain completely, ensuring a full reset.
  • Capacitors in electronic devices store power.
  • A 10-second wait allows capacitors to discharge.
  • A full reboot clears glitches and resets the device.

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When your phone or tablet or computer starts acting weird or gets glitchy, the conventional wisdom is to reboot. In other words, turn it off and on again. And usually, the recommendation is to turn it off for at least 10 seconds before turning it back on. Why 10 seconds? Is it really that important? Listen as I reveal the answer. https://www.howtogeek.com/165110/do-i-really-have-to-unplug-my-cable-modem-for-at-least-10-seconds/)

So much food gets wasted – especially in the United States. Specifically, 40% of all food in the US goes to waste! How can that be? What’s the problem? There are a lot of factors from the size of your fridge to the demand for “perfect” produce. Yet there is a lot we can all do to help solve the problem with very little effort – and you will save a lot of money in the process. Here to explain how is Kathryn Kellogg, owner and founder of https://www.goingzerowaste.com) and author of the book 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste (https://amzn.to/3yfHSMV).)

Insects are an almost constant companion in the summer. Yet most of us don’t know much about them other than the fact that they are annoying. There are millions of species of insects. They travel all over the world. Do they do the world any good? What’s the difference between an insect and a bug? How long do they live? Why should we care about them? All of those questions and more are tackled by my guest Steve Nicholls, an Emmy award winning producer and director of acclaimed wildlife documentaries and author of the book, Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth, and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future (https://amzn.to/4d1M1mP).)

It may not be practical, but taking an afternoon nap might just do you a world of good and make you smarter. Listen as I explain the benefits of a short afternoon snooze. https://www.trinityhealthofne.org/about-us/blog/midday-nap-could-leave-you-smarter-study)

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