123 = The Science of Fries and Mounting Sea Level Rise

🍟 Why does the nutritional value of frozen chips change depending on whether they are cooked in an air fryer or in an oven?

⛰️ How large a mountain could we make from 2.2 meters of dredged sea bed (combatting sea level rise in the process)?

🃏And there’ll be some AOB, as easy as 123.

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