Can You Be Allergic to Your City? - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Mar 23, 2017 04:05 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Can You Be Allergic to Your City? If you're moving from one city to another, pack some extra tissues because it's true: Seasonal allergies can flare up when you relocate and are exposed to new allergens.       The Upside of Anger: It's a Strong Emotion, But Not Always a Bad One One expert calls anger a source of creative juice. Here's why.       Relying on GPS Prevents Parts of Your Brain From Activating Need a neural workout? Satnav devices may be convenient, but they could diminish our abilities for spatial reasoning.       New Tech Uses Smartphone to Test for Male Fertility Harvard researchers have developed a technology called Fertilex, which may provide an inexpensive, easy way to test male fertility at home using a smartphone attachment.       What's a Tall Fashionista to Do? Finding clothes that fit when you're a tall woman is a hassle — but it's better than it used to be.       Extra 3-D Printed Cheese, Please First researchers used a 3-D printer to make a pizza for NASA. Now scientists in Ireland have used the same technology to print cheese.       The Singularity by 2045, Plus 6 Other Ray Kurzweil Predictions Kurzweil has a pretty good track record with predictions. What does he have slated for humanity besides the singularity and figuring out the entire human brain by 2099?       Annoying Verification On Its Way Out as CAPTCHA Goes Invisible Google's CAPTCHA will use browsing habits to predict your humanity, only relying on the irritating jumble of letters for suspicious, potential bots.       Each Year Spiders Eat Millions of Tons of Food More Than Humans Spiders not only eat more meat than humans every year, they also spend a lot of time getting eaten themselves.       Do People Really Lose Body Parts by Sticking Them Out of a Car Window? Decapitation? Severed limbs? Injuries sustained when heads arms, legs go out the window of a moving vehicle are very real, and very serious.       Why Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever Are we cuddling up to our smartphones instead?       Seeing Food May Have Lured Fish Onto Land The ability to see food on land might explain why our fish ancestors evolved, eventually growing limbs so they could stalk the abundance of prey on land.       How One Missing Oxford Comma Changed an Entire Legal Decision The divisive serial comma finally got its day in court—it was glorious.     Copyright © 2017 InfoSpace Holdings 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