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