Picture a thick wedge of rich, velvety Black Forest gateau. Hungry? Unlikely as it sounds, showing weight-conscious women pictures of sweet treats actually strengthens their resolve to eat healthily, rather than encouraging them to cheat.
 

They call it shu cream in Japan how about eww cream
The Habanero Cream Puff snack from Japan’s Kyoto Habanero combines rich sweet custard cream with searing hot habanero pepper pastry – it’s a match made in Hell!

High fat diet can lead to memory loss
Eating hotdogs and French fries might be a great treat. However, these high fat diets can significantly reduce our exercising ability and lead to short term memory loss, reveals a new study. The research conducted using a mouse model, showed that in less than 10 days of eating a [...]

Eating Chocolate Twice A Week Could Save Your Life If You Have Had A Heart Attack
Heart attack survivors who snack on chocolate at least twice a week could greatly reduce their risk of dying from coronary disease, according to research.

Now this is the office workers new best friend
There’s still a few weeks of summer left, so it’s not too late to go camping with these HotCans, self-heating containers that automagically heat up a hot dinner on the trail. Just place the can on its uncanny red lid, pop the top, and 12 minutes later [...]

This new species seems to have developed an Adam’s apple
No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks.  That is an apple with a fish’s face on it. And yes, that’s a lion peeking out from a dandelion. (Pics)
 

Women who drink a glass or two of wine daily have better sex lives than those who don’t, says a new study.
 

Having more stamina is one thing but running to the bathroom afterwards is another..Oh wait thats prunes
Drinking beetroot juice boosts stamina and could help people exercise for up to 16% longer, a UK study suggests.

Diets high in fructose — a type of sugar found in most processed foods and beverages — impaired the spatial memory of adult rats.
Researchers at Georgia State University have found that diets high in fructose — a type of sugar found in most processed foods and beverages — impaired the spatial memory of adult rats.

When the camera was falling back to Earth do you think the guys were saying amongst themselves “Now thats a really high speed camera or maybe Say cheeeeese?”
A piece of cheese that went missing after being sent into space has been located – in High Wycombe.

Beer-in-a-Box
MillerCoors LLC has begun testing the sale of $20 draft-beer systems for consumers to drink at home, part of a string of new products and package innovation from beer giants grappling for market share in a crowded, slow-growing industry.
 

Organic vegetables are shown at a Whole Foods Market
Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday.  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic [...]

 
Slow Cow
Out to help those looking for a quick relaxation fix, a new drink from Canada offers ‘an acupuncture session’ in every can. An antidote to energy drinks like Red Bull, Slow Cow was developed to help people de-stress.
 

“Fresh” shrinking milk jug
As soon as you open a gallon of milk, it starts to spoil. It’s the air that starts working on it, encouraging all those creepy crawlies to start growing and eating away at the organic material. Pour your milk into this shrinking jug called “Fresh,” and it’ll keep the amount of air [...]

Drinking milk could cut your chances of dying from heart disease and stroke, say scientists.  Contrary to reports that milk harms health, they claim consumption could reduce the risk of succumbing to chronic illness by as much as a fifth.
 

Coke’s Interactive Soda Fountain
Ever had one of those moments where all you wanted was a Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, but all the fountain could offer you was regular old diet? Coca-Cola is doing away with that problem by introducing a new beverage dispenser. Heralded as the “fountain of the future” by Coke PR flaks, [...]

New treatment for peanut allergies
Children suffering from potentially lethal nut allergies can now live normal lives for the first time following the success of an experimental new treatment.
Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge have developed a pioneering therapy which effectively “retrains” the immune systems of patients who have food allergies so that they become desensitised [...]

Celery is 96 per cent water – but is also rich in minerals
A new study had found that some fruit and vegetables may hydrate the body twice as effectively as a glass of water – making them a refreshing snack option during the hot summer months.

Naringenin, a flavonoid found in citrus fruit including grapefruit, has a revolutionary effect on the liver making it burn fat instead of storing it after a meal
The chemical compound which gives grapefruit its bitter taste could be used to create a diet pill, a study has indicated.

Plantagon
Lots of cities have farmers markets, but most — if not all — of the produce comes from rural farmers that use oil-intensive methods of transportation to cart around their food. With 80% of all people on the planet projected to live in cities by 2050, food production will have to move into cities if [...]

Large Volume Waste Composting Equipment

The water toilet is truly one of the greatest miracles of modern life, a frothy disappearing act; now you see it… now you don’t. But washing human waste away requires huge sewage treatment infrastructures in cities, and extensive home septic systems for rural dwellers. Compost toilets, though in their essence as old [...]

As summer progresses, crops of rice paddy art are beginning to emerge in Japan. The crop art — created by strategically arranging and growing different colors of rice plants — can be seen in farming communities across the country.  (Pics)
 

Cutting calories by 30% slows the aging process
The march of old age is unstoppable, but a new study has revealed that the secret to a long life lies in the ultra low calorie diet.

Nixie Tubes
While Pixy Stix may have gotten you all hopped up as a child, you’ll need something a bit stronger in your adult years. Enter Nixie Tubes — basically grown-up Pixy Stix laced with 100mg of caffeine.

Glorified Glasses

Residents of Stourbridge, West Midlands, and surrounding villages were having a pleasant surprise when they took in their milk bottles; they would find pictures of animals, often cows or mice, carefully carved onto the glass in astonishing detail.
An artist, known as ‘bottle Banksy’, would take the used milk bottles from doorsteps and then return [...]