Jenn went with the girls to a birthday party for a friend's kid.

She came back with party favors - little boxes of goldfish crackers with a picture of the birthday boy on them. We rarely buy goldfish, and when I checked the ingredients I noted that there was no food coloring. "But," I said, "the multi-colored goldfish have food coloring. I mean, right?"

The next day I saw them in the store and checked, and it turned out that no, they don't have artificial food coloring either! Who knew? They're still unhealthy, but now you know. Of course, they aren't as good as they were when I was a kid. My grandmother used to cover them with "it's a dilly" spice blend, which you can't get anymore, and they were delicious that way.

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Disabled baby denied heart transplant

http://myfox8.com/2013/11/30/disabled-baby-denied-heart-transplant/

Do insects feel pain? Are they conscious? A science kit for at-home cyborg cockroaches provokes the hard questions

One of the commenters asks how we can tell a happy cockroach from an unhappy one, in response to the article suggesting that cockroaches kept in isolation act disturbed. It seems simple to me - assume that normal cockroach behavior is healthy and means your bug is happy. If behavior changes when you take away the companionship of other cockroaches, that probably means they aren't happy any longer. I mean, shit, how do we know cats are happy, or dogs, or babies for that matter?

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The humble USB cable is part of an electrical revolution. It will make power supplies greener and cheaper

http://econ.st/174YWBV

How Third-Century China Saw Rome, a Land Ruled by “Minor Kings”

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Myth: The astronauts didn’t float away because they had heavy boots

There is something seriously wrong with science education in this country.

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You Won't Be Seeing Coca Cola Ads For A While. The Reason Why Is Amazing

http://bit.ly/1e4GiZL