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Madagascar's Most Famous Species Is Near Extinction
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Why are lemurs on Madagascar at risk of extinction? Learn more about endangered lemurs in this HowStuffWorks Now article.
Who Knew a Praying Mantis Could Learn?
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Is the praying mantis capable of complex learning? HowStuffWorks looks at new evidence.
How Hydroponics Works
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Hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. Learn more about how hydroponics uses water as the nutrients for plants.
Why would circumcision decrease a man's risk of contracting AIDS?
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The results of three recent studies show that an uncircumcised man is twice as likely to contract AIDS from an infected woman as is a circumcised one.
Scientists Unlock Secrets of H-bomb Element Einsteinium
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Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory just made history with einsteinium. They held a sample of the short-lived element long enough to measure some of its chemical properties.
Why Won't Hollywood Depict Dinosaurs With Feathers?
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Why aren't moviemakers willing to show dinosaurs the way we think they actually looked? HowStuffWorks investigates dinosaurs on film.
Quick Tips: Does taking an aspirin daily affect your skin?
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Aspirin may be good for your heart, but will daily aspirin affect your skin? See if this is a home remedy do or don't.
Quick Tips: Pedicures and Labor
With all the pregnancy myths circulating, it's hard to tell fact from fiction. We debunk the old wives' tale regarding labor and pedicures.
How Juliane Koepcke Survived the Crash of LANSA Flight 508
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On Christmas Eve in 1971, a young woman's life changed forever when she found herself plummeting through the sky in the midst of a thunderstorm. That woman was Juliane Koepcke, the sole survivor of a tragic plane crash in the Peruvian rainforest.
How did writing evolve?
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Did writing evolve much in the same manner as language evolved? In this article, you can learn about writing and the evolution of writing.