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"Off Switch" for Appetite, Allergy Inherited After Transplant and Giant Tree Takes Sea Cruise - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

Mar 31, 2016 05:49 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Merrick Garland Is a Legal Mystery After nearly two decades as a judge, the Supreme Court nominee's record offers few clues as to where he stands on many social issues.       Blame That New Food Allergy on Your Transplant A man inherited his sister's kiwifruit allergy after she donated some bone marrow cells to him, a study confirmed.       Eccentric Georgian Billionaire Takes Giant Tree for Sea Cruise Why would an ex-prime minister of a former Soviet state uproot an enormous tree to ship across the Black Sea? It's not the first controversy for Bidzina Ivanishvili.       Don't Just Watch the Debates. Pretend You're in Them You can if you play the new card game Contender. When else are you going to get the chance to tell the world about your very own nine-point plan?       'Off Switch' for Appetite Accidentally Discovered in Brain Enzyme Researchers at Johns Hopkins have stumbled upon a previously unknown type of brain cell that tells mice when to stop eating. Could that work for humans?       MacGyver It! Beer Me! Let's Turn That Noun Into a Verb Are you Netflixing out tonight? Mentosing up for your hot date? Sure, the Internet wasn't invented to turn nouns into verbs, but it definitely helps spread the word.       Would You Rather Eat Cruz or Clinton? PancakeBot Can Make Both A smiley face is old school. And your pancake letters look awful. How about making flapjacks that remind you of your favorite presidential candidate? Or your dog?       NASA's Aiming for Supersonic Jets Free of That Pesky Sonic Boom Sonic booms: so annoying! That's why the space agency and Lockheed Martin are on a 'QueSST' to science some physics and create a supersonic jet that's like so hush-hush.       Religious Freedom Acts Born Out of ... Peyote It's not quite what you'd expect, is it?       5 New Ways Climate Change Is Affecting Animal Life — Including Ours More ticks! Different birds! Sicker humans! Changing the world's climate is, well, changing the world.       How the Collaborative Economy Is Changing the World Sure, ride-sharing is a big part of the collaborative economy, but other services, from health care to energy credits, are turning consumers into borrowers, too.       Could This Snore-canceling Device Save Your Relationship? A new product uses sound waves to block the noise created by snorers. But does it really work?       Heavy, Persistent Marijuana Use Impairs Social Mobility and Economic Status New research finds that although alcohol dependence is harder on your body, persistent marijuana use can cause more financial, socioeconomic troubles.       Think You Have a Concussion? A Blood Test Could Diagnose It Imagine getting knocked in the head, but the CT scan and screenings turn up nothing, and the doc sends you home still hurting. A blood test could change that scenario.       If Those Aren't Human Hands in Ancient Cave Art … What Are They? Wadi Sura's enigmatic cave art gives a glimpse into a society where lines between human and animal were very, very blurry. New research has solved some of the mystery.     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