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How HotSpot@Home Works
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HotSpot@Home lets you make cell phone calls over your home WiFi network. Learn how this useful technology integrates seamlessly between two networks.
Can You Guess These Occupations from a Picture and a Hint?
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Lots of jobs in the world are easily recognizable by their uniforms, but some aren't. We're going to give you a picture and a hint, and you'll have to tell us which occupation it is.
Meet the Trebuchet, the Castle-crushing Catapult of the Middle Ages
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Before the advent of gunpowder, enemy combatants used a powerful siege weapon called a trebuchet to forcefully launch projectiles - sometimes a large stone, a decapitated human head or a dead horse - at intended targets.
How Routing Algorithms Work
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Think you know how routers work? These devices use intricate formulas to figure out exactly where to send a packet and how to get it there. Learn all about routing algorithms.
6 Things to Know About Well Water Before Digging
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Many homes in rural parts of the U.S. rely on well water rather than city water. But well water has pros and cons that city people may never have considered.
How to Remove Personal Information From Internet Sites and Data Brokers
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If you use the internet for any length of time, there's probably lots of information floating around out there about you. How do you find it, and can you delete it?
How Midterm Elections Work
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Midterm elections in the U.S. don't get the public excited the way presidential elections do. But there's a lot at stake, actually, during these contests. Why do midterms exist, anyway?
90% of People Can't Name These Terrifying Horror Movies. Can You?
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We can all remember that one horror movie scene that terrified us while growing up. See how many of these horror movies you can name from a single image.
How the Uncanny Valley Works
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When a super-realistic android or video character gives us a creepy feeling, it enters the uncanny valley. Why do we get spooked, and what can we do to avoid it?
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.