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No Flatlanders Allowed: Haggis And Whisky Flavored Potato Chips

No Flatlanders Allowed: Haggis And Whisky Flavored Potato Chips

Sep 26 2014 | comment(s)

Mackie's at Taypack Ltd. has been around since 2009 but the joint venture between the Taylors, Perthshire potato farmers, and Mackie's of Scotland,  has finally figured out a way to differentiate themselves from Frito-Lay: they are making potato chips flavored like whisky and haggis.

Everyone knows what Scotch is. Haggis is sheep stomach stuffed with meat and barley. Scotland's National Poet, Robert Burns, sang its praises in his works.


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Cows Are Smarter Than Whole Foods Shoppers

Cows Are Smarter Than Whole Foods Shoppers

Sep 26 2014 | comment(s)

Blind Spot: Our Coming Eye Disease Epidemic

Blind Spot: Our Coming Eye Disease Epidemic

Sep 25 2014 | comment(s)

Almost 2 million Americans have an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and about 100,000 are blind from the disease. In AMD, cells in the retina, that layer of tissue in the back of the eye, begin to break down. What was once sharp central vision becomes blurry. 
Feeding Africa Could Increase Global Warming - Unless We Embrace Science

Feeding Africa Could Increase Global Warming - Unless We Embrace Science

Sep 19 2014 | comment(s)


It's no secret how Africa can feed itself - grow more food.

That sort of naïve statement is fine for environmentalists who were born as part of the  Agricultural 1%, but it falls apart in the real world that exists outside fundraising campaigns. A large chunk of Africa doesn't grow food all that well, which historically has meant relying on the patronage of rich countries and cycles of famine - but that also has made it a political football.
It's Almost 2015 - So Where Is My Hoverboard?

It's Almost 2015 - So Where Is My Hoverboard?

Sep 15 2014 | comment(s)


As most culturally astute people of a certain age know, 2015 is "The Future" of "Back To The Future II." "Back To The Future" was, of course, a seminal comedy in 1985 - a time when terrorists were from the Mid-East and you could do a time-travel experiment on your dog without getting protests outside the theater.
5 Cool Things About Artificial Hearts

5 Cool Things About Artificial Hearts

Sep 13 2014 | comment(s)

Artificial hearts were invented at a time when progress in science couldn't come fast enough. In 1969, when they first went into human use, DDT hadn't been banned, vaccines were considered the medical highlight of the century, and the Green Revolution promoted genetic modification as the way to feed the world's poor in the future.