The Kids Are All High - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Sep 29, 2016 10:19 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   The Kids Are All High Whether they're scrambling up 750-foot Hong Kong skyscrapers or climbing up the world's tallest church, urban climbers are daredevils with a pretty insane view.       Horses Can Be Taught to Communicate With Us Using Symbols In research that showed intentional expressions of desire, horses have been added to the short list of animals that can use symbols to communicate with humans.       How Climate Change is Monkeying Around with Your Favorite Foods Chocolate, wine and coffee are just a few of the foods that are affected by global warming.       Secret U.S. Nuclear Base Threatened by Melting Ice Codenamed Project Iceworm, the facility has been abandoned since 1967, but melting ice could become a problem for the once secret base.       Wearable Alcohol Sensor Could Text You if You're Too Drunk Soon we might rely on flexible wearable monitors to replace breathalyzers and analyze sweat, notifying us if we've had one too many — or are near the limit.       When's the Best Time for a Flu Shot? Is September too early and December too late? Or does the timing matter less than you might think for a flu shot?       There's More to Cannibalism Than Just People Eating People Cannibalism? Anthropophagy, if you prefer? There's more nuance when it comes to consumption of human flesh than you might imagine.       What Were Clinton and Trump Subconsciously Saying in the Presidential Debate? An information scientist deconstructed the candidates' speeches and uncovered some surprising word choices and signals.       Saudi Women Petition Against Male Guardianship Thousands of Saudi women signed a petition that seeks the end of the country's male guardianship system. How does that system affect Saudi women now?       Alligators Go Back 6 Million Years Further Than Thought New fossil analysis illuminates the evolution of the modern American gator species, and why it may prefer freshwater sources — like your local golf course.       'Cool Girl' Female Macaques Get More Grooming Than Less-popular Ladymonkeys The most popular lady macaques show us why nitpicking pays off.       Elon Musk Wants You to Go to Mars for Just $200,000 Who says Mars is just for astronauts? Not Elon Musk. He wants to send you to the red planet for a few hundred grand in a spiffy carbon fiber spacecraft.       Kidney Stone Rx: Hop on a Thrill Ride Roller coasters: They're super fun, and they could help you pass a kidney stone without medical intervention. Who knew?       Why You Should Totally Talk Politics Over Family Dinner A new study looks at the benefits of non-conformity and of standing up for your own beliefs in the face of group opposition.       Hear and Now: Banning Sarcasm and Losing Space Stations Plus, divers just found some 2,000-year-old human bones! Listen to the HowStuffWorks Now podcast to get the scoop on that story and more.     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

Could Installing 'Smart' Utility Meters Pose Privacy and Health Risks? - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Sep 27, 2016 09:20 am   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Could Installing 'Smart' Utility Meters Pose Privacy and Health Risks? The utility industry and environmentalists see smart utility meters as modernizing the nation, but some claim privacy and health risks. Is that just paranoia?       New Aerosol Tea = #TeaHeresy Yes, folks, tea has now joined the dubious list of products available in a spray can. Who's clamoring for this?       Jupiter's Moon Europa Erupts Water Vapor (Maybe) And suggestions of water elsewhere in the solar system are always pretty darn exciting.       Ridiculous History: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept Books on New Science In honor of banned books week, we're highlighting three scientific texts that have gotten booted from libraries and schools.       What's Up With Women Being Expected to Smile All the Time? Nice girls always smile, according to Western gender norms, but embracing 'Resting Bitch Face' could be good for gender equality.       13 Not 12 Constellations in the Zodiac, NASA Points Out Thousands of years ago, the Babylonians created the zodiac and dropped a constellation when it didn't quite fit into their schematic. Its name? Opiuchus.       Do We Really Stop Caring About Music As We Get Older? Not everyone agrees that as you age, you only want to hear the oldies.       There's a Name for When Your Dog Zooms Around Like a Joy-crazed Maniac Veterinarians have a name for when a dog gets the call of the wild, often after a bath, and suddenly starts tearing through the house with an untamed glint in its eye.       You're Only Ever as Drunk as You Think Your Friends Aren't Drinkers tend to judge their own inebriation by turning a bleary eye to compare themselves to those around them, according to a new study.       The Most Detailed 3-D Sky Map Ever of the Galaxy's 100 Billion Stars The European Space Agency's Gaia satellite observatory has created a 3-D model of the Milky Way — and beyond! — that charts more than a billion stars.     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