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HowStuffWorks NOW — 59 episodes

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1

Why We're Not Sex Zombies, Wednesday's Pronunciation, and British Lawyers' Wigs

2

Reheated Coffee, More Comfortable Mammograms, and the Chemist Who Created Home Ec

3

Missing Limbs, Naked Mole Rats, and a Blood-Red Waterfall

4

Gender Bias in the Supreme Court, Stair Climbing vs. Caffeine, and Teens Are OK, Really

5

Cannibalism Nutrition, a Border Wall Hyperloop, and the FBI's Facial Recognition

6

Thought Experiment: Transhumanism and Space Exploration

7

A U.S. Space Force, Why the Weather's Getting Stuck, and Maple Syrup Medicine

8

Scattering Ashes, Circular Airport Runways, and the TSA's Power Over Electronics

9

Bird Poop Politics, Double Pregnancies, and How 'Citizens' Became 'Consumers'

10

The Psychology of Picky Eating, the Secret Service's Services, and a Self-Driving Car Kit

11

What Happens When You Swallow a Leech?

12

Stealing Sand, Communicating via Poop, and Clinical Trial Participation

13

Hallucinogenic Honey, Squid Brains, and Why Hot Food Is So Satisfying

14

Face Punching Legality, Misophonia, and Ties Between Honesty and Profanity

15

The Danger Episode: Solar Flares, Cosmic Rays, and App Terms of Service

16

Virgin Shark Births, Weighted Anxiety Blankets, and a Border Wall's Impact on Wildlife

17

The Blood of the Young, Crustacean Bioweapons, and Our Oldest Ancestor

18

Tornadoes Demystified, Global Medicine, and Why the President's First 100 Days Matter

19

Wonder Woman's Creator, School Suspensions' Effects, and Charging in Airplane Mode

20

Gun Violence Contagion, Pregnancy Brain, and Dirty Towels

21

Lunar Lava Caves, Letting Kids Lose, and Air-Seat Shrinkage

22

Asparagus Pee Science, Tardigrades' Weird Mating Habits, and Criminal Software

23

The Bees of the Sea, Tasting Garlic Via Skin, and Probing Alpha Centauri

24

When Christmas Was Illegal, and Why 2016 Will Be One Second Longer

25

Space Poop, Contact Congress and Elf on the Shelf

26

Conversational Eye Contact, Presidential Housing, and Samoan Solar Energy

27

A Hot Tub of Despair, Fast Bats, and Teen Tech Creators

28

Whether California Could Secede, Spotify's Destructive Bug, and Ambient Music Therapy

29

A Sweating Robot, the Best Way to Merge, and What Your Phone Battery Wants

30

History’s Worst Coffee, Learning Without Concentrating, and Why America Votes on Tuesdays

31

Robots that Live in Your Clothes, the Life of Jack Chick, and the Smell of Water

32

A Weird Keystone Species, Julian Assange's Internet Access, and a Vicious Facebook Cycle

33

A Driver with Quadriplegia, A Chair to Help You Wait, and Who The Joneses Were, Anyway

34

What Your Walk Says, How Horses Communicate, and Whether Airbag Helmets Are Safer

35

A Secret Nuclear Base, A Rosetta Retrospective, and A Petition for Saudi Women’s Rights

36

Outlawing Sarcasm, an Antikythera Skeleton, and a Falling Space Station

37

Your Cat Is Bored, Robots Will Eliminate Jobs, and China Has Ancient Superhero Myths

38

Cuttlefish Can Count, Catfish Catch Mice, and China Wants a Sea Lab

39

Spiders Overshare, Women’s Autism Is Underdiagnosed, and Earth’s in a New Epoch

40

A Squishy Octobot, A Legal Heroin Safe House, and MS Excel vs. Genetics

41

Venus May Have Been Habitable, Chemtrail Theories Are Bunk, and Dogs Love Us More Than Food

42

Vigilante Humpback Whales, Parasitic Guinea Worms, and Your Musical Personality

43

Geology Confirms a Myth, Private Industry Shoots for the Moon, and Ontario Plans to Give Away Money

44

Crash-Proof Humans, GMO Mosquitoes, and CEO Pay vs. Stock Performance

45

Lab-Grown Human Leather, Minesweeping Drones, and Acoustic LEGOs

46

Bread Materials Science, Painted Cow Rumps, and Police Violence Rates

47

Transhumanism, Tesla’s Car Accident, and Your Brain on Weed

48

Chatbot Fixes Tickets, Moving Hurts Kids, and Man Marries Smartphone

49

Shocking Chocolate, Flowing Shampoo, and Illegal Evidence

50

Black Market Avocados, Exercise-Enhanced Memory, and a Heat-Powered Polymer

51

Cancer-Killing Vaccines, Light Linked to Obesity, and Digital Can't Kill Print Comics

52

King Tut’s Space Dagger, Nukes Controlled by 8-inch Floppies, and Heavy Industry in Orbit

53

Depressed Fish, Nile Crocs in Florida, and Robots Versus Minimum Wage

54

Edible Electronics, Penis Transplants, and Your Right to Internet Access

55

Bacteria’s Vision, Netflix Viewers’ Ad Savings, and Your Sleeping Brain’s Watchdog

56

Star Wars Drone Security, VR Therapy, and Shocking Bad Habits

57

Textalyzer, Future of Oil, Musk to Mars

58

Chernobyl’s Wildlife, “Game of Thrones” Deaths, and Hydras’ Wound Mouths

59

Microbots, Babies’ Trust, and Lead Contamination