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Sep 08, 2016 01:21 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Sex May Be Good for Older Women, Bad for Older Men In the next chapter of 'Men are from Mars, Women from Venus', a new study suggests that sex can extend the lives of older women, but shorten those of older men.       50 Years and Counting: 'Star Trek' Writers Explain Its Serious Staying Power David Gerrold and D.C. Fontana, two writers responsible for some of your favorite pieces of "Star Trek," talk about why the series is still beloved by so many.       China's Planning to Build a Lab Under the Sea The Chinese government has plans to build an underwater lab. It sounds like a cool feat, but are there ulterior political motives?       Seoul Tries to Battle Smartphone Zombies South Korea's capital has seen smartphone-related traffic accidents triple since 2010, but city officials are fighting back against the smombies. Here's how.       Scholars Could Crack the Code of the Etruscan Language With Big, New Find A stone slab unearthed in northern Italy has revealed its first big discovery: the name of an Etruscan goddess in a lost language.       Catfish Are Chowing Down on Mice and Pigeons Scientists have discovered a few enterprising catfish that are having a fancy feast — of mice.       Monopoly the Board Game Is Headed for Broadway Mr. Monopoly, the Scotty Dog, the hat and the rest of the gang bound for Broadway after hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place don't work out.       Mobile Device Distraction as Effective in Kids as Sedative This new study could present alternative to drugs with negative side effects. And parents of pre-surgery children experience less anxiety, too.       Why the iPhone 7 Release Just Isn't That Exciting And it's kind of our fault for expecting a paradigm shift every 12 months.       Hear and Now: Arachnids, Autism and the Anthropocene Sharing isn't always caring when it comes to spiders. Plus, adult women may not be getting autism diagnoses, and Earth could be entering a new epoch, courtesy of humans.       Bragging Could Be Dragging Down Your Online Dating Profile Looking for love online? Then stop tooting your own horn so much. Oh, and one other thing.       Ridiculous History: A Wild West Governor Wore Shoes of Human Skin A Wild West governor once wore a pair of shoes made of the skin of an executed felon named Big Nose George. The gruesome but true story is predictably involved.       One in Six Say They'd Rather Die 'Young.' What Age Is That? And here's the thing: How long you want to live is linked to how long you do actually live.       A Year in Isolation: What We Learned From the Latest Mars Simulation In the HI-SEAS project, scientists lived together in cramped isolation on Hawaii, simulating the kind of challenges that would bedevil interplanetary explorers       Superlong-Lasting Smartphone Battery to Hit Market Next Year For years, scientists tried to make smartphone batteries that lasted a lot longer but were no bigger than current ones. They seem to have finally cracked the code.       Spiders May Go Extinct From Oversharing Sharing's generally regarded as a desirable behavior among humans. But for some social spiders, it can be the death of them.       'I'll Take a Reusable Rocket Trip for $43 Million, Please' It's been a busy week for SpaceX. On Tuesday, the company announced its first customer for its reusable rockets. On Thursday, a SpaceX rocket and its payload blew up.       How a Single Lightning Strike Instantly Killed Hundreds of Reindeer Herd animals stick together, but when there's a lightning storm, there may not be safety in numbers.     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