Gravitational Wave Space Observatory, Plane Wreckage Hunters and Hear and Now - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Jun 07, 2016 06:15 am   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   We're Now One Step Closer to a Gravitational Wave Space Observatory The LISA Pathfinder prototype just pulled off a technological breakthrough on the path to the ESA's 2034 mission to observe Einstein's ripples in space-time.       Quit Smoking. Period. Women looking to stop smoking may have more success if they time it with their cycle, a small, new study suggests.       Eerie Plane Ruins Across the Globe Draw Wreckage Hunters Wrecked aircraft ruins rest in remote worldwide spots. Who are the legion of aviation archaeologists dedicated to tracking down and preserving them?       Terrorists Could Use Virtual Reality to Prepare for Attacks A former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security explains how terrorists could use virtual reality to train for strikes.       Hear and Now: An Awesome Dagger, a Crazy Idea and Some Ancient Computers This week the HowStuffWorks Now podcast team reports on King Tut's meteoric dagger, Jeff Bezos' space business plan and some alarmingly old U.S. government computers.       Science Says Your Selfies Are Less Attractive Than You Think Think that shot of you in the changing room mirror should be posted and shared? You might want to think again, depending on whether you care how you're perceived.       Jeff Bezos Wants to Move Heavy Industry to Space The business magnate also wants space startups to become as common as internet startups are today. And Bezos' company Blue Origin is going to help make it all happen.       Watch a Chicken Grow and Hatch Without An Egg Japanese video shows a chicken developing and hatching without an eggshell.       Pretty Handy? Gloves Turn Sign Language Into Speech and Text Two college undergrads have invented a pair of gloves that can track sign language and turn it into either spoken word or text.       Migraine May Be Linked to Faster Estrogen Drops During Menstrual Cycle A new study finds that estrogen withdrawal due to plummeting hormone levels might make women with migraine more susceptible to an attack.       Fighting One Person's Cancer With Another's Immune Cells Modern cancer treatments can be almost as bad as the disease, but new immunotherapy research suggests we could optimize our own immune systems using donor T cells.       A Lifesaving Cup for When Babies Can't Nurse Lots of babies can't nurse, whether it's because of their own health issues or those affecting the mother. A new $1 feeding cup could change that common scenario.       Researchers Analyze Google Data to Show Success of Chickenpox Vaccine In countries where governments mandate vaccination against chickenpox, a new study finds, online searches for information about symptoms drop.       King Tut Found to Have a Meteoric Dagger Decades after archaeologists unearthed King Tut's tomb, we're still talking about the boy-king. This time it's because of his awesome space dagger.       Pikachu Name Change Infuriates Hong Kong Pokemon Fans A pocket monster by any other name would smell as sweet. But it would also raise issues of fan respect, linguistics, politics and cultural imperialism.       Trump's Not the First to Push a Party Off a Cliff Trump has predicted riots if he isn't nominated at the convention in July. It wouldn't be the first time that things got crazy at convention time.     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