Delivery services of all kinds are a mainstay of New York City living, but none can match up to the bizarre originality of the Candy Crack Delivery Service.
If you live in the Williamsburg or Greenpoint neighborhoods in Brooklyn, call or text them- and you’ll be visited by a 7-foot tall man in white gloves, a tuxedo, and a plush blue fish head. He’ll offer a 1×1 baggie of “crack” rock candy in 4 different flavors (blueberry, cotton candy, lime, and original) for $1 a piece.
The service is the brainchild of Nate Hill (the self-proclaimed “greatest artist of all time”), the [...]

For some, Easter-time means stuffing yourself with chocolate, jellybeans, and marshmellowy delights. But it’s not just the recent holiday that has crowded the candy aisle. The economic downturn appears to have a distinct sweet tooth. Candy stores around the country are reporting a jump in sales since the slowdown last fall, as people everywhere rush to fill up on sugary snacks.
No one knows exactly why the recession inspires candy cravings. A recent New York Times article pondered possibilities for the candy craze: Penny pinchers looking for an affordable pleasure? Stressed adults nostalgic for their childhood? The [...]

For diabetics who need to get insulin into their bloodstream, daily injections are an unfortunate fact of life. Needles have to be used because insulin cannot be easily broken down by the digestive system, (leaving out pills as an option.) Inhalers were briefly used as an insulin delivery system, but high costs and design problems plagued the method.
Fortunately for the millions of diabetics worldwide, a needle alternative is on the horizon. Robert Doyle, a chemist at Syracuse University has found a way to keep oral doses of insulin intact from mouth to bloodstream. Which as it turns out, works most [...]