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How Radio Scanners Work
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The air around you is bursting with radio waves -- and you can tap into them with minimal effort. With a simple radio scanner, all sorts of transmissions are within your earshot. Find out how radio scanners let you listen in on everything from police to astronaut transmissions.
How Verbal Self-Defense Works
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A fascinating article that explains the techniques and science behind verbal self-defense!
How a Block and Tackle Works
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A fascinating article that describes how a block and tackle (as well as levers and gears) works!
How the Year 2000 Problem Worked
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Until recently, computer programmers used two-digit placeholders for the year portion of the date in their software. Guess what happened when we realized the system couldn't account for the first two numbers? Mass panic.
5 Mobile Dating Apps
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Mobile dating apps can help you meet new people from the palm of your hand. Here are five mobile dating apps to help you in quest for love and lust.
Yoga and Weight Loss: Does yoga burn belly fat?
If you're trying to lose weight, yoga may help...just not in the way you think. Learn how yoga can help blast belly fat and take off unwanted pounds.
HowStuffWorks: What is Jessie's Law?
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What is Jessie's Law, and why might it help the opioid epidemic?
How Web Servers Work
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When you type a Web site address into your browser, Web servers are doing the work of getting you the page you request. Find out how these machines locate Web pages and deliver them to your computer.
What Is Cache and How Does It Work?
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Anyone who owns a computer must at some point ask themselves: "What is cache?". Caching increases the speed at which your computer pulls data from memory. How can a little cache go a really, really long way? Read on to explore how your computer works at such incredible speeds!
How State Dinners Work
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Come with us and tour the Executive Mansion of the Governor of North Carolina. We will explore the behind-the-scenes preparations for an executive state dinner.