The Know Daily - Monday 23 September 2024

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🦠 STIs on the up | 🎭 Access to the arts | 🗣️ Language learning

Two popular UK attractions, Blenheim Palace and Eden Project, have teamed up to reduce plastic use at their sites. By introducing a returnable cup system – pioneered by the green-tech company re-universe – they’re eliminating 600,000 single-use coffee cups a year, saving around 27 tonnes of carbon emissions.

🦠 STIs on the up

The US is moving to improve syphilis testing, as STI rates soar around the world.