What Pepper Spray Does to Your Body
When Lieutenant John Pike casually hosed down a line of seated protesters with pepper spray, a lot of weird stuff immediately followed. No, we’re not talking about the evolution of the meme. Or even the nationwide backlash. We’re talking about what happened to the protesters’ bodies immediately after they got hit. Pepper spray takes your…
How to Make a Rocket Stove from a Spaghetti Can, and More from TreeHugger
This week on TreeHugger, a giant robotic snake teaches us a lesson about climate change, a walkable roller coaster, new iPhone apps to try, and more! 1. A Walkable Roller Coaster For Those Afraid Of The Usual Kind It is 21 meters (69 feet) high, although I am not quite sure how you do that…
Darpa’s New Tool for Diagnosing Disease? Semen
Imagine if giving docs a single drop of semen was all it took to keep you healthy. Your dream could soon become a reality, as the Pentagon pushes for every male soldier to hold his health, quite literally, in the palm of his hand. In a solicitation released last week, Darpa, the Pentagon’s far-out research…