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Introducing: The Ten News HowStuffWorks.com
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Introducing: The Ten News

The TEN News is 10 minutes of news and information for curious kids ages 8-12 (and their parents...

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How Can We Detect Tornadoes Earlier? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Can We Detect Tornadoes Earlier?

We often receive very little warning about impending tornadoes, making these storms all the more...

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What Are Some of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Harshest Dissents? HowStuffWorks.com
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What Are Some of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Harshest Dissents?

During her time as a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn't always agree with the...

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How Do Sea Snakes Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Do Sea Snakes Work?

The most venomous snakes in the world live in the oceans, but they still breathe air, drink fresh...

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Is the Nebra Sky Disk the Oldest Star Chart? HowStuffWorks.com
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Is the Nebra Sky Disk the Oldest Star Chart?

A bronze disk found near Nebra, Germany may be the oldest know scientific depiction of the night...

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BrainStuff Classics: What Is (and Isn't) Terrorism? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: What Is (and Isn't) Terrorism?

When is -- and isn't -- a crime considered terrorism? The legal, political and moral definitions...

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BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Leaf Blowers So Annoying? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Leaf Blowers So Annoying?

If the sound of leaf blowers makes you angry, you're not alone -- and there's science behind why....

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Are Cats Actually Good at Catching Rats? HowStuffWorks.com
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Are Cats Actually Good at Catching Rats?

There's an assumption that cats can help control pesky rodent populations, but it turns out that...

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How Does Anhedonia Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Does Anhedonia Work?

Anhedonia is a disorder in which a person doesn't experience pleasure from usually pleasurable...

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How Has Knitting Been Used for Subterfuge? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Has Knitting Been Used for Subterfuge?

During the two World Wars, knitting became an important way to encode and send messages in...

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How Can the Dutch Reach Save Cyclists' Lives? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Can the Dutch Reach Save Cyclists' Lives?

When cyclists collide with a carelessly opened car door, the results can be deadly. Learn how the...

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BrainStuff Classics: How Do Glow Stick Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: How Do Glow Stick Work?

Glow sticks use a chemical reaction to create that soft, colorful glow. Learn how it works -- and...

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BrainStuff Classics: How Can a Black Hole Help Prove General Relativity? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: How Can a Black Hole Help Prove General Relativity?

Astronomers detected hints of Einstein's theory of general relativity in the Milky Way's...

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How Does Mortgage Forbearance Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Does Mortgage Forbearance Work?

Mortgage forbearance can help keep a homeowner in their home, but it's not a permanent free pass...

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Is Betelgeuse About to Go Supernova? HowStuffWorks.com
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Is Betelgeuse About to Go Supernova?

Betelguese is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, but in 2019 it dimmed -- a lot. Learn...

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What's the Difference Between Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx? HowStuffWorks.com
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What's the Difference Between Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx?

The official U.S. government definitions of 'Hispanic' and 'Latino' differ from how people often...

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Does the Community of Lily Dale Reconnect the Living and the Dead? HowStuffWorks.com
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Does the Community of Lily Dale Reconnect the Living and the Dead?

Spiritualism is a 19th-century belief system that holds that the living can communicate with...

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How Did the Bear-Sized Beaver, Castoroides, Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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How Did the Bear-Sized Beaver, Castoroides, Work?

A couple million years ago, species of bear-sized beavers roamed North America. Learn more about...

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BrainStuff Classics: Did Neanderthals Use Glue? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: Did Neanderthals Use Glue?

Neanderthals distilled tar more than 100,000 years before modern humans created glue. Learn how...

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BrainStuff Classics: How Does Captain America's Shield Work? HowStuffWorks.com
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BrainStuff Classics: How Does Captain America's Shield Work?

Captain America's indestructible shield may be a work of fiction, but that won't stop us from...

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