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Feb 12, 2016 09:02 am   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   NASA Urges You to Get Your Butt to Mars ... and Other Exciting Destinations NASA/JPL unveils a suite of interstellar travel posters aimed at inspiring the next generation of innovators who'll take us there.       Discovering the Chemistry of Space Through Telescopes Gazing into deep space with a telescope offers mind-blowing imagery, but perhaps even more awe-inspiring is how scientists use telescopes to learn the chemistry of space.       Two New Studies Find Potential Harmful Effects of E-Cigarettes Studies presented at the 2016 AAAS meeting find an impact on immune system genes and on the potential for artherosclerosis.       U.S. Coins Display No Numerical Values — Not Even the Government Knows Why Why aren't there numbers on American coins? The words "dime," "penny" and "nickel" sure don't convey anything obvious. Is the U.S. just being inhospitable to guests?       No More Notebooks: How Smartphone Apps Help Songwriters Create Music Tech is changing how artists make music, enhancing their ability to capture, record and share. Advances in the mobile arena bring new meaning to the term "phone it in."       Slimy Bacteria Inch Toward the Light As if you needed another reason to find slime weird, researchers revealed that it moves toward light with tiny tentacles.       Still Riding the Rails: Life as a Modern Hobo Maybe you thought hobos disappeared along with the Great Depression. But some folks are still living the life — albeit only part-time and without a bindle on a stick.       Gravitational Waves! Or the Chirps That Prove Einstein Was Right In 1915, the great physicist predicted the existence of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. A century later, scientists finally have detected them on Earth.       Need a New Podcast to Binge? Here's What HowStuffWorks Podcast Hosts Listen To HowStuffWorks loves podcasts, and our staff of podcast hosts offer up recommendations of their favorite ones to obsess over.       Be an Impoverished Artist for the Night And not just any artist, but post-impressionist superstar Vincent Van Gogh. All for just $10.       Fear of a Three-parent Baby Stalls Treatment of Mitochondrial Diseases Controversy surrounding mitochondrial replacement has created a fear of designer babies. Will a new scientific paper convince the FDA this fear is unwarranted?       Who's Watching the Adults? Facing Old Age Without Children With 20 percent of U.S. women born after 1970 not having children, the question of who will provide elder care is becoming more urgent.       You Want Solar Panels? This Mapping Website Will Tell You if They're a Good Fit Not only that, it will also tell you how long it'll take to recoup your investment. Now you just have to hope that the Mapdwell folks are planning to map your city soon.       Cathartic 'Rage Rooms' Grow More Popular, But Could Actually Increase Aggression The "rage room," where people can buy incremental time to smash household items and office products, is a European craze that may be coming to a city near you.       Wisdom Teeth Can Stay, Says Oral Surgery Organization You may not need to pull them after all (and spend three days as a chipmunk). But don't think that means the ordeal is over.       Robotic Hedgehog Ready for Space Adventures And here we thought Sonic had no fear.       Can You Get a 'Secret Divorce'? A New York lawyer divorced his wife a few months after marriage without her knowing. They lived together a further 20 years. Don't try this at home.       Anatomy of an Orangutan Murder "The Jinx." "Making a Murderer." And now, orangutans? Why this female-on-female ape killing took researchers by surprise — and reads like a human true-crime drama.     Copyright © 2016 InfoSpace LLC, All rights reserved. HowStuffWorks, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list