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11 Inventions That Changed the World as We Know It
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Inventing a useful product or process is serious business - turn a great idea into a marketable widget, and you could earn millions of dollars. But that doesn't mean your widget has to be straitlaced and conservative.
How Light Microscopes Work
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The human eye misses a lot -- enter the incredible world of the microscopic! Explore how a light microscope works.
Why is it so hard to quit smoking?
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It's hard to quit smoking because cigarette manufacturers make it hard. Find out what cigarette companies put in cigarettes to make it hard to quit smoking.
Could an Attack on Undersea Cables Take Down the Internet?
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Much of the infrastructure that makes the internet possible lies on the bottom of the world's oceans. HowStuffWorks dives down to check them out.
Battle of the Best Sonar: 'Team Dolphin' vs. 'Team Bat'
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Do dolphins or bats have better sonar? That question has led to some playful ribbing among scientists. HowStuffWorks wanted to find out, too.
How to Find the Value of Old Books
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Finding the value of old books can sometimes be difficult. Visit HowStuffWorks for information on finding the value of old books.
How do painkillers know where you hurt?
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As kids, we couldn't use big words to describe our scrapes, but we could point, and somehow the medicine knew where we hurt. It still does. How?
Do We Actually Swallow Spiders in Our Sleep?
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Worried about creepy-crawlies entering your mouth while you sleep? Relax, spiders have no interest in being eaten. In fact, there's no record of anyone swallowing a spider while sleeping.
10 Future Jobs in Health Care
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With Americans living longer, newer and more innovative health care jobs will be go digital. Learn more about future heath care jobs at HowStuffWorks.
Ghost in the Machine: When Does AI Become Sentient?
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A Google engineer made headlines for claiming that an AI called LaMDA had become sentient or conscious. While many AI scientists disagreed, what would it take for an AI to ever become sentient?