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Oct 20, 2016 02:47 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   No Internet for WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Ecuador's government has pulled the plug on Assange's internet access, citing concerns over implications of interference in the U.S. presidential election.       Placebos Reduce Pain Even When Patients Know They're Taking Them They're called open-label placebos, and they may be able to help with conditions that the brain controls, like pain, hunger, fatigue or even depression.       Nope, Boomers and Xers Don't Work Harder Than Millennials Never mind the generation gap: Here is what's really going on in the workplace.       Mini Turbine 'Wind Trees' Could Generate Power for Homes, Electric Cars A French company has created a miniature wind turbine that looks like a tree and could provide enough energy for a house.       Why Some People Faint When They See Blood What's the science behind fainting at the sight of blood? This BrainStuff video takes a look at the brain's internal toggle switch making some people hit the floor.       Got a Bad Case of FOMO? Get Off Social Media Bummed out by the Internet and how much more fun everyone else seems to be having? Seeking out better times offline may ease your FOMO.       Monster Science Digs Up Some Vampire Vixens From Nature It's that creepy time of year again, and Dr. Anton Jessup is back for another series of Monster Science. In this episode, he meets up with some unexpected vampire vixens.       Newly Discovered Crane Fly Species: Tiny Wings, Double-barreled Penis And its special endowment is not the thing that intrigues scientists the most.       Why Is the Speedo Disappearing From European Beaches? The brief-style swimsuit has never caught on in puritanical America like around the world. But as baggy shorts become more popular, is this body image, or just fashion?       Ditching the Pill for an App and an Algorithm A new app relies on women taking their temperature each day and entering it into an app to determine fertility. Will this new approach to birth control catch on?       Scientists Figure Out How Martian Moon Phobos Got Its 'Death Star' Crater How could Phobos withstand the impact that created such a large crater without simply shattering into pieces? A new mathematical investigation answers that question.       Flesh-eating Screwworm Maggots Are Devouring Rare Tiny Florida Deer Alive In a state already teeming with pythons, tourists and Jimmy Buffett singalongs, the flesh-eating screwworm makes Florida a little more menacing.       Austria Will Demolish Adolf Hitler's Birthplace Is Austria's step to remove the place where the Nazi leader was born a way of cleaning up the present and future, or of trying to sweep the past under the rug?       War Reporting Meets Comic Books in Marvel's 'Madaya Mom' Since July 2015, residents of the war-torn Syrian city of Madaya have been trapped. Now ABC and Marvel have adapted one mom's struggles into a comic called "Madaya Mom."       This Ancient Secret for Making Tacos Nutritious and Safe Is Still Used Today Pre-Columbian civilizations perfected a way of processing corn that's still important.       Hear and Now: A Chair That'll Save You From Standing in Line. Forever. Plus, you'll learn about a semi-autonomous car that can be steered with a tilt of the head, and you'll meet the family that inspired a familiar saying.     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