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Eco positioning drives sustainable fashion consumption through process related strategies and brand familiarity

Dataset collection and experimental environment This study employs an online experiment to investigate the impact of eco-positioning strategies on consumer behavior. For participant recruitment, the research team collected data through the SoJump platform. To ensure sample representativeness and experimental validity, random sampling was used to recruit participants from the platform’s user pool. Additionally, the following…

‘Unscientific’ Japan megaquake rumors spook Hong Kong tourists

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Japan has strict building codes to minimize damage from earthquakes. Unfounded online rumors warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers. People from Hong Kong made nearly 2.7 million trips to Japan in 2024. Although it is…

A beginner’s guide to vegan fashion (and how to spot ‘greenwashing’)

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “Vegan” and “plant-based” are not just food labels anymore; they are fashion’s latest buzzwords. Imagine walking into a high-street fashion store, drawn to a stylish bomber jacket labeled “100% vegan.” You flip the tag, looking for material details, only to find none. Nearby, a luxury handbag proudly announces it’s made from…

Virtual-only couture emerges as sustainable alternative for fashion industry

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As fast fashion continues to fill wardrobes and landfills at a staggering pace, new research from the University of Portsmouth suggests that the future of fashion might lie not in fabric, but in pixels. In a multi-study paper published in the International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, a team of…

Scientist let snakes bite him 200 times to create ‘unparalleled’ anti-venom | News Weird

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Tim regularly exposed himself to poison so deadly it would kill a horse (Picture: AP) A scientist injected himself with poisonous venom over 850 times to create an ‘unparalleled’ anti-venom in his blood. Tim Friede let dangerous snakes bite him over 200 times in 18 years, even falling into a coma after two cobra bites….

Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk — 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue

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An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck…

Chinese astronauts’ return to earth delayed owing to weather

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BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were originally due to land Tuesday in Dongfeng, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region, after spending six months in space. The landing was postponed to “guarantee the health and safety…

Cicada maps show where the noisy insects will emerge in the U.S. this spring

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Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods across the eastern United States. The group of cicadas set to appear has been labeled Brood XIV. Emerging once every 17 years, Brood XIV is the second-largest group of periodical cicadas — which rise from…

Colossal squid filmed for the first time 2,000 feet under the ocean’s surface

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A colossal squid — the world’s largest squid species — was filmed and photographed in its natural habitat for the first time since scientists discovered it about a century ago. Crew members on board a research vessel in the South Atlantic Ocean recorded the video March 9, said the nonprofit organization Schmidt Ocean Institute, which…

Early deaths of top Chinese AI scientists raise concerns about industry pressures

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Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the US-China tech war, with Chinese firms such as DeepSeek challenging American dominance. But while China has a growing AI talent pool and home-grown success stories, the country has also lost a handful of leading figures in the crucial sector. The early deaths of these experts – due…