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Sweden Is Great at Turning Trash to Energy
Sweden puts less than 1 percent of its household trash into landfills, in part because it burns nearly half to generate heat and electricity.
How Nuclear Fusion Reactors Work
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Fusion reactors will use abundant sources of fuel, will not leak radiation above normal background levels, and will produce less radioactive waste than current fission reactors. Learn about this promising power source.
How Student Loan Deferments and Forbearance Work
Student loan deferments and forbearance are ways of putting off paying back your loans. Learn about student loan deferments and forbearance.
Streaming Thousands of Free Movies Is Totally Legal With a Library Card
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Can you stream movies for free from a library? Learn more about the Kanopy app in this HowStuffWorks article.
How to Start a Non-Profit Organization
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Do you know how to start a non-profit organization? Visit HowStuffWorks to learn how to start a non-profit organization.
13 Countries With the Best Healthcare Systems
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Whether you're thinking about moving to one of the countries with the best healthcare or just curious how other nations handle health services, there's a lot to consider.
Can You Actually Tell Hybrid Models Apart From Their Gas-Powered Counterparts?
The automotive world has become saturated with hybrids all of a sudden, but can you tell a real hybrid from its gas-powered cohorts? Take a spin through this quiz to see if you can tell the difference! It's not as easy as you think!
How Lie Detectors Work
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Lie detection is a consistently controversial topic -- how can a machine tell truth from deception? Does everyone have the same physiological reaction when telling a lie? If so, how can some people "beat the box"? Find out what these devices measure and if they really can detect lies.
Air Pollution Kills 5.5 Million Per Year, Half in China and India Alone
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Millions of people die every year because of poor air quality, new international research finds. That number is expected to rise in coming years.
Grassoline: Can we fuel cars with grass?
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Grassoline for fuel is a concept that is under development in the ongoing search for an alternative to oil. Learn about the concept of grassoline.