Absolutely nothing. Ok, so that’s not entirely true. But 99.9% of reactions to stress nowadays are harmful and unnecessary. Most of us have heard that the physiologic (body) response to stress has evolved to run away from woolly mammoths or saber-tooth tigers or something along those lines. Here’s a whirlwind tour of what stress is doing to you and your body, why it sucks, and what you can do about it to have a happier, more kick-ass life. Well, ok, great, but we were also club-swinging unibrow-sporting troglodytes (word of the day for ya). Things have changed. So why on earth would morning traffic and work deadlines cause the same…
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Mr. Graunke and His Dream Car
There are some dreams that just never die and there are some people that will never quit pursuing them. Gary Graunke had such a dream and for the last 46 years he has been pursuing it. The dream began in 1966, when two representatives from General Motors came to Gary’s high school and talked about electric drive fuel cell vehicles, which they believed were “just around the corner”. In an electronics shop course, Gary was already working with electric drive motors to propel a large three-wheeled robot, so it was easy for him to see the potential for an electric car. The quest was on, but he was a little…
