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Mar 03, 2016 05:25 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Winning the Green Windbreaker: Inside the Real World of Pro Mini Golf You might only win $4,000 if you take first place at this Masters tournament, but rest assured, professional miniature golf is real.       New Study: Fear Alone, Replacing Actual Predators, Can Change Ecosystems The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, said FDR, but he wasn't a biologist. Scientists examined what impact the fear of apex predators can have on an ecosystem.       Former Jocks Report Happier Lives (Unless They Played Basketball or Football) Study shows former college athletes report greater levels of well-being than nonathletes, except financially.       New Vaccine Seeks to Destroy Cancerous Tumors Fighting off tumors in advanced-stage cancer patients isn't easy, but a team of scientists in London have a vaccine that may do the trick.       Here's Why UFOs May Be to Blame for Climate Change Denial. Seriously. Is it science that people mistrust, or the combination of science and the government? One historian traces conspiracy theories back to the paranoia of the late 1940's.       The Human Heart Can Literally Burst With Joy, New Research Finds Time to start taking "OMG OMG my heart's literally gonna explode" seriously. A new study shows "broken heart syndrome" has a happy – but still tragic – flip side.       What Time Is It? Time for the World's Most Accurate Clock! And it puts your fancy Apple watch to shame.       Does Marijuana Mess With Your Emotions? The chuckling, happy-go-lucky stereotype of the marijuana user may soon be laid to rest.       Taking Out a Health Care Mortgage for a Cure Researchers are proposing some creative strategies to allow consumers to pay for new and costly treatments. But will they work?       Putting Yourself Into a Video Game for Free Just Got Way Easier New, free avatar-creation technology developed at USC means video gamers could be significantly closer to playing as themselves on the small screen.       New Study: How to Build Batteries Out of Thin Air for Carbon-Negative Cars Scientists propose extracting carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to make carbon nanotubes, and then using those to make batteries, also counteracting climate change.       There's a River Full of Monkeys in Florida — And Not in a Theme Park Feral monkeys have roamed Silver Springs State Park in Florida since the 1930s.       Welcome Home Astronaut Kelly and Cosmonaut Kornienko! After 340 days on the ISS, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are coming home. What was the point of all that time in microgravity?       Terrified of Cosmic Loneliness? Astrobiologists Have a Dating Tip Aliens can only observe Earth in transit if they exist within Earth's transit zone. Is that where we'll finally find some cosmic company?       What Happens to Failed Presidential Candidates' Unspent Campaign Money? Enormous sums of money are raised to fund candidates, most of whom don't make it past the primaries. What happens to the money after a candidate drops out or loses?       New Research Finds Financial Hardship Causes Actual Physical Pain Financial difficulty can produce measurable negative impacts on physical well-being, including real pain and a lowered pain tolerance.     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