Cheese Rolling, Transparent Wood and Ridiculous History - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Apr 18, 2016 05:01 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Cheese Rolling Is No Joke. But It's Still Pretty Funny. This year, on the last Monday in May, people will chase an 8-pound cheese down an absurdly steep hill in England. And it looks really fun.       Binturongs Smell Like Hot, Buttery Popcorn — Now We Know Why In a surprising way, the Southeast Asian mammal, AKA the bearcat, creates a chemical compound shared with roasty, toasty human food, according to a new study.       States Scramble to Find Lethal Injection Drugs With more drug companies refusing to allow their drugs to be used in executions, states have turned to riskier pharmaceuticals.       Newly Created Transparent Wood Could Change How We Build Swedish researchers have figured out how to take the color out of wood and make it 85 percent transparent. It's part of a trend of new see-through materials.       Ridiculous History: That Time Wine Flowed Out of the Taps On the first Sunday in October, a fountain in the Italian town of Marino flows with wine. One year, however, things didn't go as planned.       American Indian Sports Logos Do Real Damage, New Study Finds Ethnic brand identities and mascots affect people with different political leanings in surprising ways, at times increasing associations with Native American stereotypes.       Salty Fork for Salty Folk Researchers in Japan have introduced an electric fork that causes the eater to taste salt. Welcome to the stimulating world of electro-gustation.       Stuff You Should Know Podcast Talks Big Bang With Neil deGrasse Tyson The celebrity astrophysicist takes a break from his current tour to discuss science and education with the hosts of the 'Stuff You Should Know' podcast.       What Are the Panama Papers? The guys from Stuff They Don't Want You to Know catch you up on the largest single leak in human history.       Tiny Robots Take on Heavy Metals in Wastewater Scientists created microbots that can remove pollutants from contaminated water. Could these simple machines provide an efficient way to clean up toxic wastewater?     Copyright © 2016 InfoSpace LLC, All rights reserved. HowStuffWorks, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list