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NEW PODCAST! Part-Time Genius Will we ever live without sleep? Why have rats outsmarted us for so long? Is cryonics for real? Co-Founders of Mental Floss Will Pearson & Mangesh Hattikudur answer these questions and more as the hosts of our newest podcast Part-Time Genius. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android How Coelacanths Work Coelacanths are incredibly interesting as far as fish go. For one, they were thought to have gone the way of the dinosaur, along with the dinosaur. They also give birth to live fish and tend to dwell more than 800 feet below the ocean's surface. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android Louis Riel Riel was labeled both a traitor and a hero in his time. His work as a political leader for the Métis Nation in the Red River Rebellion led to the establishment of Manitoba, but his involvement in the North-West Rebellion did not have a positive outcome. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts   |   Android Policing Women's Speech People love giving women advice on how to speak at work. But is this advice always grounded in fact? E&B break it down. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android The Tower of Babel An ancient people build a tower to touch the heavens. A vengeful god disrupts the project through the splintering of human language. Everyone's left to pick up the pieces. The Tower of Babel myth resonates out from the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization, but what does it mean? Was there really a tower? Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android Serial Killers on the Loose: Part 2 An unidentified killer goes on a murder spree and disappears in a clean getaway, taunting the cops before disappearing. Listen in to learn more about killers who (so far) vanished into thin air.  Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android The Unsweetened History and Technology of Sugar The demand for sugar has driven over a thousand years of greed, tragedy, political power shifts, and technological innovation. We won't sugarcoat it. Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |   Android The Macintosh Story Part 2 After its launch, Apple tweaked the Macintosh a bit. Then Apple executives gave Steve Jobs the boot. He would return many years later. We look at the Macintosh during this era.  Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |   Android Copyright © 2017 HowStuffWorks, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website howstuffworks.com Our mailing address is: HowStuffWorks 675 Ponce de Leon Drive NE Suite 4500 Atlanta, Ga 30308 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list