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How Sliding Puzzles Work
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Sliding puzzles involve moving pieces around a board to reveal an image or achieve a goal. Learn how sliding puzzles work at HowStuffWorks.
How Patents Work
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Patents protect inventions and intellectual property from being copied. Learn about the uses of patents, the history of patents and about intellectual property law.
10 Hardest Things to Teach a Robot
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If we're ever going to live in a world in which machines behave like people, we humans have some teaching to do. But as this writing robot attests, we're not as far away as you might think.
How Private Grants Work
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Private grants are a great way to help you finance your education, but how do you find them? Learn about private grants in this article from HowStuffWorks.
How Sign Language Works
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Sign language has been used for centuries as a way to communicate with the deaf. Learn about sign language and see pictures of the sign language alphabet.
10 Cancer Myths
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10 cancer myths will expose the truth about cancer. Learn more about 10 cancer myths at Discovery Health.
How Will We Colonize Other Planets?
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We've been cruising to and from the International Space Station since 2000. Isn't it about time we started moving on to other space destinations and establishing human outposts?
How Restaurant Health Inspections Work
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When your favorite restaurant gets a C rating, does that mean you should never eat there again? HowStuffWorks finds out.
10 Connections Between Physics and Music
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Sound waves carry music to our ears, but they also carry the principles of physics. Find out how physics and music are intertwined.
Will Humans Be Living in Space in the Next 50 Years?
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These outer space abodes will have to protect inhabitants from extreme temperatures, radiation and flying moon dust. One man is actually selling deeds for lunar property at $20 a pop. Seriously?