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What If Humans Could Breathe Underwater?

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Remove that pesky drowning risk, and the world formerly under the sea opens with possibility - despite our inefficient limbs and tendency toward hypothermia.

How did dinosaurs leave tracks in solid stone?

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How did dinosaurs leave tracks in solid stone? They walked in soil that became sedimentary rock. Learn how did dinosaurs leave tracks in solid stone?

Are meerkats immune to poison?

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Meerkats immune to poison aren't rare in the Kalahari Desert -- they've evolved to resist snake and scorpion venom. Read about the meerkats immunity.

How can adding iron to the oceans slow global warming?

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Scientists propose adding iron to the oceans to cut carbon dioxide levels and, in turn, decrease temperatures. See if adding iron to the oceans works.

5 Incredible Things You'll Learn in Third Grade

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What will your child learn in third grade? Find out what incredible things you'll learn during the third grade school year.

How Replicants Work

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Replicants are essentially robots that are hunted in the movie 'Blade Runner.' Learn more about replicants and find out why replicants are hunted.

How the Metric System Works

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Ever heard of a little unit called a femtometer? Can you tell us how much you weigh -- in petagrams? We know you can't, so hurry up and start reading. We have work to do.

Let's Go to the 1893 World's Fair, Without a Time Machine

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You can visit the 1893 World's Fair, with some help from virtual reality. Learn about how virtual reality is changing history at HowStuffWorks Now.

How Earthquake-resistant Buildings Work

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Sometimes it seems as though Earth has been hitting the caffeine a little too hard, with all the shakes from earthquakes. So, how do structures stand strong amid all those quakes?

Metallurgy: The Study of Metals and Their Properties

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Metallurgy involves studying how metals behave and using that understanding to manipulate and shape them into various forms.

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