urine
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I Went Camping With Bear Grylls And Survived
“Hey, you want to come camping with Bear?” That’s a pretty random email to get on a Thursday morning, and it contained no other details. So, I said yes, packed a bag and hopped on a plane to New Mexico. Here’s what happened over the next few days.
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Is Urine Actually Sterile?
There’s a long held myth that urine is sterile: that you can use it to treat jellyfish stings, sterilise a wound or, hell, even drink it in an emergency. But new research suggests it may not be quite as pure as you thought.
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This Public Toilet Turns Pee Into Street Trees
Public toilets are notorious for unsavoury behaviour and even more unsavoury smells. The PPlanter is both a public toilet and a planter, composting the pee it collects to nourish pots of bamboo. And it’s apparently odour-free.
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In America, Subway Urine Detectors Look Out For Number One
In the US, Atlanta’s MARTA subway system has been roundly criticised for, among other things, smelling like pee, and the transit line won’t take it sitting down: this month, MARTA began installing first-of-its-kind urination detectors in the subway’s elevators.