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| | $580 million Site - How MySpace Works | |
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 | Fifty-four million people have profiles on MySpace as of February 2006, and 180,000 more register to use the site every day. Find out what MySpace really is, what it can do for you and how it blew past the competition. | |
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| | Growing Gas - How Biodiesel Works | |
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| Soybean byproducts are nutritious and healthy. They can also power a car. Find out how soybean and other plant oils, as well as animal fats are used to create the environmentally friendly fuel, biodiesel. | |
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| | Center of Attention - How Media-center PCs Work | |
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| Media-center PCs are made for the home theater, and they maintain all of the functions we've come to expect from a home computer. Find out what makes a PC a "media center" and what you can do with it. | |
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| | Man's Best Friend - How Dogs Work | |
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| The relationship between people and dogs goes back at least 15,000 years. Have you ever wondered exactly how dogs evolved, and why they come in such a wide variety of shapes and sizes? Find out about our canine companions. | |
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| | Wake Up! - How Coffee Works | |
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| If your first task every morning involves the coffee maker, then you know the importance of the coffee bean. Find out about the whole process, from tree to mug, and see what's behind that morning buzz. | |
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| | Concrete Jungle - How Urban Gaming Works | |
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| People everywhere are putting location-based technology to innovative use, creating "experiences" in public settings that are part game, part performance art, and part sociology experiment. Find out about urban gaming. | |
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| | Deep Sleep - How Comas Work | |
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| Learn the physiological processes that trigger a coma, how an actual coma differs from television depictions and how often people awaken after months or even years of being in a coma. | |
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| | Your Financial Future - How 401(k) Plans Work | |
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| Most of us have heard of it, many of us participate in it and lots of us have no idea what it really is. It makes saving for the golden years a lot easier than it used to be. Find out about 401(k) plans. | |
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| | How Much for August? - How Timeshares Work | |
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| For many of us, the first word that comes to mind at the mere mention of the simple term "timeshare" is -- "Scam!" Find out how timeshares work, if they're a good investment and how to spot the scams. | |
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| | Head Trip - How Dreams Work | |
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| Should we bother to interpret our dreams? Are these nighttime stories random brain impulses, or do they offer insight into our waking lives? Learn what's happening in your brain while you dream. | |
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