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Squid Tooth Biomaterials Could Make You Stronger
Biomaterials offer a great deal of potential for humanity's biomedical future -- and now squid sucker ring teeth proteins join spider silk proteins on our wish list.
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HowStuffWorks NOW: Meet Graham, the Car-proof Man
Humans are smart, but we’re also squishy, vulnerable, and prone to putting ourselves in heavy, machines that go in excess of 70 miles per hour. So what would happen if humans evolved specifically to survive an auto crash?
HowStuffWorks NOW: Squishy Octobot is a Total Softy
Scientists have created the world's first fully autonomous, squishy robot. Learn how its little balloon tentacles work and where its creators want it to go next.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Airplane Foolery: Stacking Passengers
Unless you're the 1 percent you’re flying coach, baby. Find out how your coach seat could become an experiment in personal space if two recently filed patents ever come to fruition.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Seattle’s Legal Heroin Safe House
The Pacific Northwest is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, this crisis has driven city officials to propose a new approach to the problem: What if the city built a space for addicts to do hard drugs in a safe place, under medical supervision?
HowStuffWorks NOW: The Shocking Way To Make Chocolate Taste Better
Chocolate manufacturers accidentally discovered that applying an electric field to melted chocolate can make it taste better.
HowStuffWorks NOW: The Facts About Tesla Autopilot
In May 2016, a man died in an accident when the autopilot feature on his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a truck. Are autonomous cars inherently dangerous?
HowStuffWorks NOW: 30 Years Later, Chernobyl Wildlife Thrives
The site of the worst nuclear accident in history is now home to diverse wildlife. Can studying the animals help researchers discover how radiation affects us all?
HowStuffWorks NOW: The World’s Second Successful Penis Transplant
A U.S. cancer patient just received the world’s second successful penis transplant. Here’s how this advancing science brings hope to other patients and combat veterans alike.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Global Warming May Reveal a Secret Nuclear Base
Global warming is poised to reveal a secret in Greenland that the United States would prefer to stay buried.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Attack of the Corpse-Sucking Tree
Perhaps you've caught wind of corpse-sucking tree roots in Ireland. Explore the science of what's going on here and why some folks long for the post-mortem embrace of mother tree root.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Is China’s space station falling?
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will come crashing down to Earth sometime next year. What went wrong?
HowStuffWorks NOW: An Air Bag Bike Helmet Could Save Your Life | HowStuffWorks NOW
Stanford researchers put air bag bike helmets to the test and found them effective in preventing certain head injuries.
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HowStuffWorks NOW: Rovable Robots Crawl Over Your Body
Engineers from Stanford and MIT recently unveiled small robots that can crawl over your clothing -- while you’re wearing it!
HowStuffWorks NOW: Who was Jack Chick?
With the death of Jack Chick, we review the cartoonist's life, as well as his infamous Chick Tract comics. How did these pamphlets contribute to satanic panic and offend so many with their rhetoric of condemnation?
HowStuffWorks NOW: GPS Equipped Echidna Unlocks Secrets
The daily life of the enigmatic echidna just got a little more clear. Thanks to GPS technology, we know these egg-laying, spiny weirdos also move a colossal amount of Austrian dirt around.
HowStuffWorks NOW: No More Internet For Julian Assange
Citing a desire to avoid intervention in America’s election process, Ecuador officials cut off Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange’s Internet access.
HowStuffWorks NOW: What social media habits make us less happy? | HowStuffWorks NOW
Social networking sites contribute to the anxiety that we’re not living our best lives, compared with our peers. This plus exposure to negativity online, can lead to a cycle of oversharing that chews into our self-esteem. So how do we stop the cycle?
HowStuffWorks NOW: An Air Bag Bike Helmet Could Save Your Life | HowStuffWorks NOW
Stanford researchers put air bag bike helmets to the test and found them effective in preventing certain head injuries.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Rosetta Ends a Life of Discovery and Exploration
Sure, Rosetta may have ended its operating life by crashing head-first into a comet hole, but it sure did teach us a thing or two about comets. Let's explore...
HowStuffWorks NOW: Global Warming May Reveal a Secret Nuclear Base
Global warming is poised to reveal a secret in Greenland that the United States would prefer to stay buried.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Saudi Women Petition for Legal Independence
In Saudi Arabia, women have a male guardian who must legally or customarily grant his permission for her to marry, travel abroad, work, attend school and more. Will a petition from over 14,000 women change that?
HowStuffWorks NOW: Is China’s space station falling?
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will come crashing down to Earth sometime next year. What went wrong?
HowStuffWorks NOW: Yeah, Right: North Korea Bans Sarcasm
Can a government ban a thought? As Orwellian as it may sound, North Korean officials are attempting to make certain phrases illegal, even in casual conversation. Join Ben Bowlin for a closer look at the new edict, the nature of censorship and more.
HowStuffWorks NOW: Robots Want Our Jobs
According to the market research company Forrester, robots will eliminate 6% of all jobs in the US by 2021. And Walmart seems to be getting a head start.
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