New items on sale in The Onion's webstore

Gel and Taste Stick, two of the hot new products on sale at The Onion, which was recently purchased by a Chinese company.

*Previously: Robert Bakewell greatly improved the taste of mutton.

*Buy Chinese Herbal Warming Pain Relief Gel at Amazon.

Esther Dyson's Astronaut Patch; Bad Military Patches

Esther Dyson trained as a astronaut. For her experience, Gisela Giardino designed the evolution patch you see above. You can watch Dyson talk about the experience here, or read an interview here. And as to Giardino, don't miss this photo of the golden water of Devil's Throat/Garganta del Diablo at Iguazú falls, Argentina.

And speaking of patches, Danger Room posted another roundup of amusing military patches like this one:



*Previously: Fun With Horses Girl Scouts Patch.

*Buy military patches at eBay.