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How Alcoholism Works

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Alcoholism can be difficult to spot. Learn the difference between heavy drinking and alcoholism, how alcohol affects the body, what factors may lead to alcoholism and what treatments are available for this addiction.

How Muscles Work

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Muscles are your body's engine, and you couldn't do anything without them. Learn about skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle and how muscle contraction works.

How Sunburns and Sun Tans Work

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A sunburn or sun tan affects the health of your skin. Learn how your skin works, how tanning and sunburn can negatively affect your body and how sunscreen works.

How Stem Cells Work

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Stem cells can develop into every cell, tissue and organ in the body. Learn about stem cell research challenges and controversy and how stem cells can be used to treat disease.

How Cells Work

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The human body is composed of about 10 trillion cells. Everything from reproduction to infections to repairing a broken bone happens down at the cellular level. Find out all about cells.

Do You Really Stay Conscious After Being Decapitated?

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Decapitation is a surefire way to deliver a quick and painless death, right? In actuality, an increasingly large body of historical and scientific evidence suggests that beheading doesn't, in fact, deliver instant death.

How to Get Hard Water Stains Out of Your Toilet

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Minerals may be good for the body, but they're not so great for the toilet. How can you remove those nasty hard water stains they leave in your toilet bowl anyway?

Can You Get More Than 11 Right on This Astronomy Quiz?

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Does the solar system fill you with wonder? Are you an amateur stargazer fascinated by celestial bodies? Show off your knowledge of the universe with an out-of-this-world astronomy quiz!

Can you delay dementia?

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Can you delay dementia? You can't prevent dementia, but you can slow its onset. Learn how to delay dementia by keeping your mind and body limber.

How Much of Our Brain Do We Use? Debunking the Myth

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It doesn't exactly seem like something the human body would do, let a large portion of itself go to complete waste. Is it true that most of your brain is on permanent hiatus?

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