Brazilians are notoriously lavish bathers, taking as many as three showers a day. But as the country faces a major drought, they’re trying to find way to keep up the shower numbers while still saving water.
First Days: She went to bed hungry on her first night in the US
Finding Safety at a Public Bathroom in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum
Boston’s Green Hotel
Almanac/Snail Showers
This week, we have facts about strange items raining down from the heavens. One hundred sixteen years ago, snails fell from the skies over Redruth England ? and the occurrence isn’t unique.
Mention ‘the shower scene’ and everyone knows what you’re talking about, even if they haven’t seen ‘Psycho.’ Turns out the actress Janet Leigh was never completely nude for the filming. Studio 360 talks to Marli Renfro, Leigh’s body double.
Although she gets into pondering what the pitfalls of sex in zero gravity might entail, Mary Roach’s book “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void” also broaches issues that most earthbound humans have never considered.