True fact: A common ingredient in commercial breads is derived from human hair harvested in China

June 16 – If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine. This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order…

 

Japanese scientist creates edible meat alternative made from recycled human waste

June 16 – If you think meatless, genetically-modified (GM) soy food products are a poor alternative to real meat, wait until you see the latest in vegetarian meat replacement technology. According to a recent Inhabitat…

US, UK to cut national power supplies in preparation for massive solar storms

June 16 – Periodic solar events involving solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CME), and geomagnetic storms, are capable of disrupting and damaging transformers, radio equipment, and even entire power grids, depending…

The entitlement economy: $2 million lottery winner still collects food stamps

June 15 – Once upon a time in America, people were embarrassed to accept hand-outs, especially from the government. Depression-era heavyweight champion boxer James Braddock, when he finally began earning money again in…