FOOD & NUTRITION

3D Printer Makes Burritos, Makes You Think about Food- 3D printing has taken off in the past few years; you can now print out houses, boats, and a museum without walls (not literally). Now burritos are on the list, too.
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USDA Backs Off Supporting Meatless Mondays After Livestock Producers Cry Foul- There’s a bigger lesson here than just the absurdity of the situation. But first, the news itself.
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Does the World Really Need the Chork? The first U.S. patent for the fork-spoon combo now known as the spork was issued in 1874 to Samuel W. Francis. The patent for his proto-spork, titled “Improvement in Combined Knives, Forks, and Spoons” set the stage for a long parade of newfangled sporks and other strange hybrid utensils.
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The True Cost of Hamburgers (Video)- On average, Americans eat three burgers a week. That may sound surprising in statistic form, but it squares pretty evenly with our nation’s fast food infatuation.
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Should Soda and Fast Food Giants Play Such a Central Role in the Olympic Games? Yesterday London opened the Olympic Games in stunning fashion, spending a supposed $40 million on the show of a lifetime. And just in time for the Olympics, we’re reminded what it’s all about.
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SPORTS & ENVIRONMENT

American Olympic Hopefuls Go for the Gold and the Green- It’s the Olympics: people you have never heard of in your life suddenly become everyday names. Several of the young American hopefuls are involved in environmental issues as well as Olympic ones.
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Doing Away With Disposable Packaging- In case you haven’t noticed, as a society we haven’t gotten better at reducing waste. In fact we’ve gotten worse. Not only has our addiction to bottled water made us all plastic consumers, retailers also aren’t helping. The grocery stores we would like to praise for their sustainable practices, such as Whole Foods, are also the worst offenders when it comes to packaging ‘creep’.
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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

The Largest Mirror In the World Is So Big That You Can See It From Space- This is the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flatland in the world at 4,086 square miles (10,582 kilometers). Every year, this amazing wonderland in southwest Bolivia covers with a thin layer of water. When that happens, it turns into the largest mirror on the planet, as these photos recently taken by Takaki Watanabe show.
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