HowStuffWorks Science & Technology Newsletter June 25, 2007 June 25, 2007
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This Week's Highlights:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter.htm 
How Plasma Converters Work

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/mudslide-video.htm 
How Mudslides Work

http://people.howstuffworks.com/virtual-border-fence.htm 
How the Virtual Border Fence Works

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-virus.htm 
How Cell-phone Viruses Work

http://science.howstuffworks.com/witchcraft.htm 
How Witchcraft Works

http://science.howstuffworks.com/what-if-moon-colony.htm 
What if we lived on the moon?What would you take? What would we need? It is safe to assume there won't be a moon colony any time soon. But it's still 
a tantalizing thought. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to live, vacation and work 
on the moon?
  This week's trivia question:Which ancient civilization had a legal
distinction between "good" and "bad" magic?
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Find out here

  
http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter.htm 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter.htm 
How Plasma Converters Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter.htm 
- Remember the scene in "Back to the Future" where Doc Brown
throws garbage into Mr. Fusion, powering his time machine? While household fusion
is still in the realm of science fiction, we might be closer than you think to
generating electricity for our homes using trash, and plasma waste converters
will do the job. Learn how plasma converters convert waste into energy.

    This week's video:
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/mudslide-video.htm 
How Mudslides Work- Mudslides have the power to wreak terrible devastation and can be set off by a variety of events -- rain, floods, earthquakes, soil erosion. In this
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/mudslide-video.htm 
videofrom HowStuffWorks, learn about mudslides and why they occur.
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Also at HowStuffWorks:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/virtual-border-fence.htm 

http://people.howstuffworks.com/virtual-border-fence.htm 
How the Virtual Border Fence Works- In a 28-mile strip of southwest Arizona, a test portion of the virtual border fence is set to go live. Will the virtual border fence improve border security, or will it simply be an expensive band-aid? In this article, learn about the arguments for and against the virtual border fence, and take a look at the technology it uses.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-virus.htm 

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-virus.htm 
How Cell-phone Viruses Work- At present, cell-phone viruses can't spread very far and they don't do much damage, but the future might see cell-phone bugs that are as debilitating as computer viruses. In this article, discover how cell-phone viruses spread, what they can do and how you can protect your phone from current and future threats.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/witchcraft.htm 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/witchcraft.htm 
How Witchcraft Works-Are they good? Are they evil? Do they cast spells that cause bad things to
happen and grind up children's bones into potions? The true definition of a
witch, as well as the history of witches in general, is widely debated. Find
out about the history of witchcraft and how witchcraft works today.

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