/tags/howstuffworks HowStuffWorks en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:47:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-07-20/marshall-brain-explains-how-stuff-works North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain grew up in southern California with a father who was a computer scientist at NASA during the… Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:47:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-07-20/marshall-brain-explains-how-stuff-works Frank Stasio, Will Michaels /science-technology/2015-07-20/marshall-brain-explains-how-stuff-works North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain grew up in southern California with a father who was a computer scientist at NASA during the… Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:47:36 GMT /science-technology/2015-07-20/marshall-brain-explains-how-stuff-works Frank Stasio, Will Michaels