The podcast hosts of How Stuff Works speak in friendly, conversational tones, but their voices carry surprisingly far in their efforts to educate and entertain. Over the past decade, the audio shows ...

Editor’s Note: The Triangle-based entrepreneur and futurist Marshall Brain, the creator of “How Stuff Works” and the author of the new book, “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest ...

Let’s get right to the point: Corn is much more than a backyard barbecue side dish. In fact, there are more than 3,500 different uses for corn products: Chewing gum, peanut butter, vitamins, paint, ...

HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go 'round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt ...

Have you ever noticed that when you’re late for an appointment, you catch every red light, freight train at a railroad crossing and nearly all emergency vehicles out that day between your point of ...