Be careful which gum you chews: some sugar-free gums are bad for your teeth thanks to acids that cause tooth erosion.Amy Messere/Flickr, CC BY-SAA recent study found sugar-free products can be just as damaging to your teeth as sugar because many of them contain acid that causes tooth erosion. But what about sugar-free gum?
Chewing gum can be very...
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Economists love Uber’s surge pricing. But it is doomed, because customers hate it.
Why?
Surge pricing occurs when the supply and demand for Uber vehicles becomes unbalanced, for example, due to inclement weather, a public holiday such as New Years Eve or some other event (public transport failure, terrorist attack, …). Supply is low...
Is Australia really the most lethal nation on earth when it comes down to it?The Conversation, CC BY-NDMany Australians pride themselves on the belief that, of all the countries in the world, their snakes, spiders, jellyfish, centipedes, fish, ticks, bees and ants are the worst. And it’s easy to believe they’re right.
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