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Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them

14 September 2026 at 16:31

Would you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine? One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connect

Name: Phone bans.

Age: Their provenance is considerable; their time is now.

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Β© Photograph: Tony Smith/Alamy

Β© Photograph: Tony Smith/Alamy

Β© Photograph: Tony Smith/Alamy

4,500 Years Before Nonstick Cookware, Bronze Age Syria Already Had Two Kinds of Pots and Seasoned Food With Resin

14 September 2026 at 10:05
A team led by the National Museum of Denmark has worked out, for the first time, what people actually cooked in the pots of Hama, an ancient city in western Syria, roughly 4,500 years ago. By analyzing animal bones, plant remains, and fat residues absorbed into the vessel walls, the researchers found a surprisingly varied […]

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