Depressed Fish Sticks, When to Wash Your Jeans and How the Food Industry Made 'Artisan' Meaningless - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

May 27, 2016 10:29 am   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   And Now Some Sobering Thoughts About Fish Sticks A small, new study examined the brains of "drop-out" farm-raised fish and wondered if the fish could be depressed.       How the Food Industry Made 'Artisan' Meaningless Where did America's love affair with 'hand-made' food come from, and where is it going?       How Long Should You Really Go Without Washing Your Jeans? Is it that important? What about just putting them in the freezer? That's a thing, right? This BrainStuff video looks into the science and dispels some myths.       Futurists Envision 3-D-Printed Food, Boss Holograms in 2030 Workplace And did we mention the foldable computers? Or the auto-inflate beanbag chairs? Or the smart fridge that may finally prevent you from stealing your co-worker's food?       A Catastrophic Ancient Landslide Shaped Zion National Park Geologists have for the first time recreated the details of the enormous event that created the terrain in what became one of the West's most iconic national parks.       Would a $15 Minimum Wage Spawn a Robot-ruled Workforce? Ex-CEO of McDonald's USA Ed Rensi recently said it's a bad idea to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, predicting an inevitable robot takeover. Is his argument sound?       What Makes This Video of Things Melting So Satisfying? YouTube channel Let's Melt This has become an internet sensation. Why are we so mesmerized by videos of everyday objects undergoing phase change?       Russian Face Recognition App FindFace Could End Public Anonymity Identifying strangers with a smartphone app that scours social media sites and comparing photos? Are we one step closer to personally targeted ads and creepy stalking?       In Case You Need Another Reason to Buy a Beach House Those ocean views could be doing good things for your mental health.       Lego Sets Have Become More Violent, New Study Finds Once considered a paragon of creative, free-form play, Lego sets today incorporate more weapons and suggest more violent behavior than ever before.       Nile Crocodiles Retiring to South Florida? Researchers have found three of these massive predators in South Florida. Could they join the ranks of Burmese pythons and other invasive species that call Florida home?       It's All Downhill After 25 in Terms of Friends, Study Finds Yep, a new study is reporting that the maximum number of social connections you may ever have could be at the ripe old age of 25. After that, it's just you and Netflix.       The App That's Creating an Earthquake Early-warning Network A new, always-on app harnesses the power of your smartphone's motion-sensing accelerometer to crowdsource earthquake detection.       Tiny Louisiana Community Is Rapidly Vanishing Due to Rising Seas Once 5 miles wide, the Isle de Jean Charles has shrunk to be a spit of land barely a quarter mile wide. Soon it will no longer exist.       When Skywriting Just Isn't Enough: Fake Meteor Showers and Space Ads! A Japanese company called ALE wants to create artificial meteor showers. Is this the first step toward the sky becoming a massive ad?       Homemade Flamethrowing Guitar Plays Seriously Hot Licks British DIY engineer Colin Furze recreates the pyrotechnics seen in heavy-metal shows and Mad Max: Fury Road.       How Doctors Really Die — The Same As Everyone Else Despite a much-loved article that said doctors died in hospitals less frequently than their patients, new research shows no difference.       This Man Built His Own Life-size Robot Version of a Hollywood Star Just call it RoboScarJo 2.0. But what does it mean for privacy rights when someone can literally objectify another human being, celebrity or otherwise, like this?     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

Shouty Caps, Hear and Now and How Metalheads Survived the '80s - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

May 23, 2016 04:17 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Ridiculous History: SHOUTY CAPS Are a Much Older Invention Than You Think We all know we're being yelled at when we get a text using all capital letters in an email. Did that start with the invention of the internet? Or is it something older?       Hear and Now: More Edible Tech and Penis Transplants, Less Internet Access HowStuffWorks Now has a podcast! In the sixth episode, the team covers the first successful U.S. penis transplant, edible electronics and restricted Internet access.       No Bull: Why Pet Stores Are Afraid of the Word 'Penis' Pet stores provide scientific, anatomical names for dog chews, so why resort to euphemisms like "pizzle" and "bully stick"? Dogs have no shame — but we humans do.       Metalheads Survived the '80s, and They're Doing Fine Heavy metal music of the 1980s promoted sex, drugs, devils and doom — yet surviving middle-aged fans are actually happy and well-adjusted, with few regrets.       Euthanasia Roller Coaster — the Movie! A Lithuanian artist conceptualized a roller coaster fast enough to kill people who wanted a novel way to commit suicide. Now there's a short film about it.       Beetle That Gives Birth to Live Young Discovered in Borneo, Your Nightmares Live birth observed in the Borneostyrax cristatus is the first example of ovovivparity seen in one of the world's largest families of beetles.       Prof's Teaching Assistant Isn't Human Any guesses as to what it was, if not some grad student?       It's an Electrical Cheese Sandwich for Your Gut You always wanted to eat electricity right? Now you can, and it might even provide a health benefit.       Queen Nefertiti in Secret Tomb Behind King Tut? It's Not That Simple Controversies surround not just the possible existence of hidden chambers, but even the ability of Egyptologists to undertake the search for them.     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