Category Archives: Research Fodder

Huh.

When you need just the right “-cide”

“Police are working with a Hague-based company that trains eagles and other birds to catch drones to investigate whether the birds can be used above large events or near airports, where the small flying machines are banned.”

“Homemade “dewshine” is a mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel. “Racing fuel, used in drag racing, consists of almost 100% methanol, a non-drinkable form of alcohol used for industrial and automotive purposes, Seger said.”

The beginning of non-functional space fashion

With surprising examples

Redcaps must kill regularly, for if the blood staining their hats dries out, they die. Redcaps are very fast in spite of the heavy iron pikes they wield and the iron-shod boots they wear. Outrunning a redcap is supposedly impossible.