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14 Hardest College Majors With the Highest Attrition Rates
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Some college majors are years of all-nighters in disguise. The hardest college majors often demand a cocktail of grit, gray matter, and an unshakable love for complexity. Whether you're wrangling multivariable calculus or spending entire weekends on lab reports, these fields are not for the faint of heart.
How Crash Testing Works
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Automotive crash testing has saved thousands of lives by making cars safer. Learn about the tests, the ratings and how the dummies tell engineers what happens in an accident.
How Net Generation Students Work
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Net Generation students are a new breed of learner. Find out how these students work and how colleges and workplaces are evolving to meet their needs.
One Time This Pony Drank a Lot of Diet Coke. Here's Why
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Strangely enough, Diet Coke and Coke can blast away bezoars in horses - and humans. HowStuffWorks Now investigates this unusual medical treatment.
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.
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.