HowStuffWorks NOW

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  • Summary

  • Your weekly dose of some of the world’s latest and greatest science news, technological advancements, absurd curiosities, and groundbreaking research in everything from ancient history to the future of astrophysics. Join Lauren Vogelbaum and the HowStuffWorks team as they explore humanity’s newest discoveries in HowStuffWorks NOW.
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  • Why We're Not Sex Zombies, Wednesday's Pronunciation, and British Lawyers' Wigs
    May 31 2017

    Since sexual contact can transmit disease, why don't any diseases increase our sex drive? Why is Wednesday pronounced differently than it's spelled? Why do British lawyers and judges still wear powdered wigs? The answers, plus a fond farewell.

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    13 mins
  • Reheated Coffee, More Comfortable Mammograms, and the Chemist Who Created Home Ec
    May 23 2017

    There's science behind why reheated coffee is terrible. In the incredible future, we may have better ways to mammogram. Plus, the woman who founded home economics was all kinds of amazing.

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    14 mins
  • Missing Limbs, Naked Mole Rats, and a Blood-Red Waterfall
    May 16 2017

    Research into missing limbs indicates that our brains control function differently than we thought. Underground mole rats can live without oxygen. Plus, the mysteries of Blood Falls have been solved.

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    9 mins

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