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New Podcast! How Clean Should We Be? Is our obsession with cleanliness keeping us from peak health? Also, can hookworm cure allergies? Will harvesting panda poop make you rich? And why Amish dust is superior to other dust (seriously!). Featuring Penny Sarchet. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android How the Beagle Brigade Works If you've ever been to an international airport, you've probably seen one of the keenest spotters of illegal contraband - The Beagle Brigade! These cute dogs aren't after drugs or bombs, they're carefully trained to sniff out agricultural products. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android The Extinction of the Stephens Island Wren The extinction of the wren is often attributed to a single cat, but there's more to the story. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts   |   Android Science Communication Breakdown Science enabled humans to ascend out of the darkness and tackle life's problems with systematic, self-correcting rigidity. Yet, when faced with scientific consensus on climate change and other issues, some citizens, politicians and even scientists dig in their heels and deny the shape of our current understand. Why do some people doubt scientific consensus? What's wrong in science communication?  Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android National Women's Hockey League and Equal Pay E&B give an inside look at the National Women's Hockey League's fight for equal pay. Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android What was the Black Hand? In the early 20th century, single assassination by an secret society launched Europe in all-out war. So what was the Black Hand?  Listen on:  Apple Podcasts  |   Android Pew Pew Lasers Lasers can be used to threaten our enemies, cut steel and even amuse our cats. Find out the history of lasers and how they work in this episode of Techstuff.  Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |   Android Sweetbreads: Neither Sweet Nor Bread Not exactly sweet and definitely not a bread, sweetbreads are a type of offal with a pedigree among gastronomes. Listen on: Apple Podcasts  |   Android Icebreakers and Ice-Strengthened Ships These purpose-built vessels are tasked with breaking through thick ice in order to keep shipping lanes and ports open during the winter months. But they don't break the ice the way you probably think they do – there's a surprising twist.   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