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Euglena Burgers: The Other Green Meat

by Steve Levenstein

The tiny, single-celled Euglena has a foot in both the Animal and Plant kingdoms. It could also have a hand in changing the world's meat-eating culture and vastly improving the environment.

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Reptile Cafe: Something Newt in Yokohama!

by Steve Levenstein

Yokohama Subtropical Tea is Japan's first and only "reptile cafe", offering guests a respite from home and office stress along with the chance to warm up to the cold-blooded staff. What's more, the lounge lizards are real lizards.

Graphic Covered Mug Lets You Sip with the Fishes

by Steve Levenstein

Oh, the Piranha Tea! This anxiety-ridden graphic covered mug from the Humania series is the perfect gift for those who hate fishing, fish, or you.

Beetle Larva Candy... Now That's Good Grub!

by Steve Levenstein

A northern Japanese confectioner has got just the thing for nostalgic Japanese looking to relive childhood memories of raising stag beetles... delicious chocolate beetle larvae!

Will Hipsters Can PBR For The 'New' Budweiser?

by Toby

Bud has fallen 204 slots down to number 220 in consumer loyalty among America's top brands during the last quarter century. But a big new campaign - not a new taste, but some new marketing efforts and a newly designed can geared toward attracting young, but legal-age, drinkers - is underway for Budweiser beer.

Japanese Advertisers Save Electricity & Impress Consumers with 'Powerless Ads'

by Steve Levenstein

“Longer, Lower, Wider”, “New & Improved”, “Supersize It!”... in the world of advertising, bigger has always been better. Not any more, as the new Japanese trend towards conservation and frugality changes the country's marketing culture.

Japanese Robot Surfs the Web, Pour Drinks, Asks Whereabouts of Sarah Connor

by Steve Levenstein

A new robot developed by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology can learn on its own, browse the Internet, and even pour drinks. "Bartender, I'll have a double shot of 10W30, shaken not stirred!"

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Dinosaur Chopsticks Make Mealtimes More Messy-zoic

by Steve Levenstein

Gee Mom, Jurassic Pork again? No matter what's on the menu, this set of 3 different Dinosaur Chopsticks will make dining delicious even if your teeth aren't the size of steak knives.

Pepsi Caribbean Gold: A Cooler Summer Kola, Mon!

by Steve Levenstein

Pepsi Japan has just released Pepsi Caribbean Gold, the perfect drink (next to rum) to enjoy while watching 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'. Look past the rather ganja-esque name and you'll find a cool & fruity concoction that channels the flavor of exotic White Sapote.

Which Costs More - The Wine or The Corkscrew?

by Norm Cassian

I'm no connoisseur, but I imagine most wine experts consume wine that costs more per bottle than the cost of the common corkscrew used to open that bottle. At my house the typical wine on the bill of fare retails for between $4 and $10. My fancy Rabbit corkscrew runs about five times more expensive than the wine. Now meet Sveid, who manufactures a $72,000 corkscrew that deftly handles wines from $3 to $160,000.