How Some Cities Prepare to Withstand Climate Changehowstuffworks.com - Dave Roos Signs of climate change are all around us. Ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme heat and other weather-related events are …
Formaldehyde Is Everywhere, But Is It Dangerous?howstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky In 2011, The New York Times ran an article titled, "Despite Risk, Embalmers Still Embrace Preservative." The preservative in question: formaldehyde. …
'Climate Kids' Sue U.S. Over Future of the Environmenthowstuffworks.com - John Donovan Alex Loznak has been hanging around lawyers since he was a teenager in Oregon. That's when he first agreed to join a lawsuit that has changed his …
How Brunelleschi Built the World's Biggest Domehowstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky To put it mildly, Filippo Brunelleschi wasn't exactly the most conventional choice to transform the landscape of Florence. So when the notoriously …
Electric Boats Make Emission-free Sea Travel a Realityhowstuffworks.com - Patrick J. Kiger During the work week, Baltimore-area resident Craig Gordon is the principal architect of cloud strategy for an electric utility company. On the …
Are Plastic-eating Enzymes Our Planet's Only Hope?howstuffworks.com - Jesslyn Shields One of the amazing things about our universe is that nothing really goes to waste. For instance, you — the incredible masterwork that you are — …
The Deeply Flawed Genius of Victorian Scientist Francis Galtonhowstuffworks.com - Dave Roos The 19th-century British polymath Francis Galton could have been as well-remembered as his famous first cousin, Charles Darwin. Galton had a passion …
How Atlanta Became the World's Busiest Airport, Againhowstuffworks.com - John Donovan Flying in or out of the Atlanta airport — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, or ATL, if we're being aviationally accurate — can be, …
The Anthropocene Epoch: Humans vs. the Earthhowstuffworks.com - Mark Mancini Thanks to greenhouse gas emissions, the percentage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere grew by 2.87 parts per million (ppm), increasing from an …
What's the Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change?howstuffworks.com - Mark Mancini On Aug. 18, 2019, Iceland held a funeral for the first glacier lost to climate change. The deceased party was Okjökull, a historic body of ice that …
Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of These Debunked Conspiracy Theorieshowstuffworks.com - Nathan Chandler Is the world run by the Illuminati or just some reptilian overlords? Were the moon landings faked? Whether or not you believe this kind of stuff, …
Why King Tides Are Flooding Coastal Cities More Oftenhowstuffworks.com - John Perritano People living along the coast are no strangers to significant weather — they often deal with hurricanes, rising sea levels and tropical storms. But …
San Francisco's Wave Organ Plays With the Tideshowstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky One of my favorite things about taking visitors on a tour of my hometown is showing them some of San Francisco's lesser known but extra cool …
Landmark TWA Flight Center Now Stuns as Hotelhowstuffworks.com - Carrie Whitney, Ph.D. In the days before TSA, full-body scanners and packed airplanes, flying the friendly skies was exciting and sophisticated. Take for example the Trans …
Excess Subway Heat to Warm London Homeshowstuffworks.com - Tara Yarlagadda With a ridership of more than 1 billion passengers per year, the London Underground (better known as "the Tube") ferries an impressive number of …
Female Citizen Scientists Set Sail to Tackle Ocean Plastichowstuffworks.com - Patty Rasmussen If you pay attention to eco-news, you probably know that your single-use plastics are polluting everything, including the oceans. You might even know …
Monsoons Bring Rain and More Rainhowstuffworks.com - Patrick J. Kiger In the summer of 2019, four states in India were pounded by heavy rains that caused severe flooding and landslides, killing at least 244 people and …
The Big, Bad Brain Quizhowstuffworks.com - Alia Hoyt For what looks like a big old lump of putty, the human brain is a truly incredible organ. Think of it as the body's Mission Control Center, as it …
How Free Radicals Affect Your Bodyhowstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky The other day, I bought an expensive serum that promised to miraculously take years off my face by fighting free radicals. Was I entirely sure what …
London Becomes the World's First National Park Cityhowstuffworks.com - Jesslyn Shields When you think of a national park, you generally picture fresh air and wild animals, right? Well, now you're going to have to add tea shops and …
The Mighty Banyan Tree Can 'Walk' and Live for Centurieshowstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky In the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, tourists flock to see what at first glance looks like an expansive forest. Branches create an …
Apollo 11 Put the First Men on the Moon. What About Missions 12-17?howstuffworks.com - Mark Mancini Here's some food for thought. Since the dawn of mankind about 50,000 years ago, it's estimated that more than 108 billion humans have been born. But …
HowStuffWorks Illustrated: Hurricane Categorieshowstuffworks.com Hurricanes can range in strength from Category 1 all the way to Category 5. Learn more about hurricane categories in this HowStuffWorks Illustrated …
6 Common Hallucinations and What They Tell Ushowstuffworks.com - Alia Hoyt It may seem so real: that nasty smell of urine floating by, or the feeling of bugs crawling up your arm. The people around you aren't experiencing …
Freud and Oedipus: Does Either Still Matter?howstuffworks.com - John Donovan History has not been kind to Sigmund Freud. In fact, if Freud, once believed to be among the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, could see what …
What's the Difference Between Covalent and Ionic Bonds?howstuffworks.com - Jesslyn Shields Have you ever been unsure about whether you're on a date or not? Let's say you're at an ice cream parlor sharing a milkshake with another person you …
Cobalt: Essential for Batteries and Bright Blueshowstuffworks.com - Dave Roos Coming in at 27 on your periodic table is cobalt, an essential element in rechargeable batteries and jet engines. In 2018, the U.S. Department of …
Is Liking Chocolate Ice Cream in Your DNA?howstuffworks.com - Alia Hoyt When Shelley Salling, a pharmaceutical sales representative in Kennesaw, Georgia, took a 23andMe genetic test, she expected to learn a lot about her …
Gingko Biloba Leaves Help Track Climate Changehowstuffworks.com - Jesslyn Shields You might have a ginkgo tree in your neighborhood — it has wispy, fan-shaped leaves that turn a beautiful burnished yellow in the fall, and possibly …
