How Much Sugar in Shakes and Smoothies? via B² (tagged: food health sugar ) HSF – International Space Station via lepht — these are really quite cool (tagged: science space astronomy video ) Natalie Dee: "America’s Favorite Cracker" via Joel (tagged: comic ) Married To The Sea: "The Champagne of Comics" via Joel (tagged: comic […]
Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008 by Paul Roberts (at Mother Jones) — the gist seems to be: re-evaluate your assumptions about what sustainable agriculture means (hint: it involves more than just carbon footprints and whether/not the farm is organic; see also: labor conditions, see also: man-hours of labor) and maybe be prepared to […]
These are my links for February 7th from 07:19 to 07:19
These are my links for January 25th through January 30th:
Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.
Coffee reduces Alzheimer’s risk: study via /.: Best news ever? *bzzz*bzzz*bzzz* (tagged: coffee news health science ) Circuit City fails to be wanted, will now be liquidated via Engadget – this is what happens when your recovery strategy includes firing your best retail employees and replacing them with greenhorns who, while paid out at â…“-½ […]
Via infosthetics.com: When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the same number of calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think twice the next time you decide what to eat. Why 200 calories? We could have chosen any amount of calories for this project, but we wanted something that […]
Sex for fun, IVF for children via New Scientist Tech (“Reproduction revolution”) – – “Will we one day see natural conception as irresponsible?” (tags: future research science) Whitespace via A List Apart (tags: CSS layout webdesign design web typography) 52 Proven Stress Reducers via LifeHack.org (tags: lifehacks health stress productivity)
Get ready for 24-hour living via New Scientist: Health: profile on Modafinil (tags: biology brain future health neuroscience research science todo modafinil) Perpetual Kid via aspiringlibrarian: Unique Gifts to Entertain Your Inner Child (tags: shopping design humor gadgets)