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30 Mar 2013

Banning Bikini Baristas

They make it their business to mind your business, and this month America’s busybodies have been working overtime.

Lawmakers are no longer loco for just one brand of energy drink. Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) has penned a bill that would make it illegal “to sell, offer for sale or deliver” just about any kind of energy drink to anyone under age 18 (Arroyo’s championing another top-tier issue–outlawing lion steaks).

Meanwhile, dog lovers in Oklahoma are sounding off against a plan cooked up by State Sen. Patrick Anderson (R-Enid) to allow cities to ban specific breeds of dogs. But this time the Nanny of the Month comes to us from Shelton, Washington, where city commissioners and townspeople alike have united against a threat of bikini baristas. H/T Reason TV

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29 Mar 2013

Ask Your Doctor About Tacos

Depression got you down? Ask your doctor about tacos. H/T Pleated Jeans

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23 Mar 2013

Caviar Making a Comeback

Facing extinction in the wild, the highly prized beluga sturgeon may be about to make a comeback from a new base in the United States. A Florida company is breeding the fish to produce sought-after beluga caviar for profit, but must first demonstrate that it is helping the fish recover in the wild. Evelyn Gruber from Reuters reports.

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22 Mar 2013

Dancing Spaghetti

Some folks boil pasta. Others make ’em dance. H/T Sick Science

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04 Mar 2013

Butter vs. Margarine

Which is healthier for you — butter or margarine? AsapScience weighs the pros and cons, concluding that butter will fatten you up faster, but might be better for you to eat than some brands of margarine.

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31 Jan 2013

North Korea’s Hunger Games

We hear a lot about North Korean rocket launches and nuclear threats. But what about the living conditions of the North Korean people? Now, rumors of cannibalism are emerging, tales of families so starved they’ve been forced to eat their children. The secretive country is neither confirming nor denying the reports, but some sources say a famine has claimed up to 10,000 lives. H/T Next Media Animation

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30 Jan 2013

Step Into My Chamber

Ever hear of the chemist Wilbur O. Atwater? He developed a four-foot by eight-foot chamber in the late 1800s. Called the respiration calorimeter, the chamber was big enough for a person to step inside. Atwater then measured  the amount of heat the individual released, the amount of oxygen he consumed and the carbon dioxide given off after eating a variety of foods.

Using the device, Atwater calculated the precise amount of energy in thousands of food items. His discoveries still form the basis for much of what we know about nutrition and what goes into the nutritional labels seen on practically everything we eat.

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20 Jan 2013

The War on Fast Food

Is there any phase of our lives some two-bit politician doesn’t want to control?

Maryland’s Prince George’s County has the highest obesity rates in the Washington, D.C. area. So now the county council is considering a bill that would give it zoning authority to keep new fast food eateries out of its jurisdiction. But is tackling obesity as easy as keeping cheeseburgers and fries out of people’s hands? H/T Reason.TV

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18 Jan 2013

Waitresses on the March

American teens who work at fast-food restaurants sometimes have to wear silly uniforms. The Hot Dog on a Stick uniforms have always been among the most outrageous, but what about the emotional indignity inflicted on Judge Reinhold in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, cruising around town in his pirate get-up?

Now, the Chinese are one-upping us. Just watch this daily training session that waitresses endure at a restaurant in China’s Jilin Province. The waitresses are called the Pioneers. They shout slogans and go through a rigorous exercise regimen to boost their morale before serving customers each day.

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02 Jan 2013

The Latest in Scientific Tastes

A top New York chef has teamed up with Harvard microbiologists to explore the role of bacteria in fermentation. He hopes to better understand and tweak the process in an effort to create new and unique flavors to entice the palette. Sharon Reich reports for Reuters.

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