Instant ramen is a poor shadow of the noodles you get at a ramen shop. Now you can make better-than-instant ramen at home for even less than those cheap packets you find at the grocery store.
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A Pirate-Friendly Map of the Pieces of Ocean That No Country Owns
Cool map alert: Donut Holes in International Waters is an interactive map that shows which countries have sovereignty over the high seas. It shows how we’ve diced up the waters with international law—and what all the left-over bits and pieces look like.
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Dang, people don’t notice the homeless even when they’re family members
To most people living in cities around the world, the homeless have essentially become invisible. They blend into the streets, they’re background noise, they’re just a part of the fabric of a city like buildings and street lights and crosswalks. Only… they’re human. Just like us. To prove how invisible the homeless are to normal decent folks, NYC Rescue Mission did a social experiment where they dressed people’s family members as homeless to see how they would react. Everybody just walked by without saying a word to their family, some never even gave a glance to their relatives.
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Amazon Prime Pantry: 45 Pounds of Groceries Delivered for $6
Jeff Bezos wants to feed you. No, really: Amazon’s latest venture is Prime Pantry, a service that allows you to have 45 pounds’ worth of household essentials, in everyday sizes, shipped to your door for $6.
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Bracing For A Battle, Vermont Passes GMO Labeling Bill
Vermont is the first state to pass a law requiring GMO labeling, and other states are close behind. But a federal lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would outlaw state rules like Vermont’s.
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Snoopy, Garfield And Friends Go Bald For Kids With Cancer
Kids don’t want to look different, especially if the reason they look different is because they’ve lost their hair to chemotherapy. If Hello Kitty’s gone bald, too, maybe it won’t feel so bad.
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More Victims Seek to Bar GM From Skirting Liability
More accident victims are protesting General Motors’ use of its 2009 bankruptcy sale to shield it from liability related to an ignition-switch defect, telling a judge GM should be "held accountable for its egregious wrongdoing."
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