How It Works

Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.

WELCOME • Issue 181

Moth hatchling

Earth’s closest nursery

Into the Great Blue Hole

A shuttle for the shuttle

‘Remote-controlled’ human cells implanted in mice

ASTEROID COLLISIONS OFFER CLUES ABOUT MAGNETIC METEORITES

Ancient Roman emperor Nero’s theatre discovered

Man develops two different ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infections

UNEARTHED 500-YEAR-OLD GOLD COINS WERE HASTILY HIDDEN DURING A DANGEROUS SITUATION

A mystery cosmic object is identified as dead star remains

EUROPE’S NEW ARIANE 6 ROCKET LAUNCH SLIPS TO 2024

Plastic-eating fungi may help tackle Earth’s pollution crisis

Google’s ‘mind-reading’ AI knows music preferences based on brain signals

Cape Cod is a huge hotspot for great white sharks

Yellowstone’s geysers are at risk of extinction from climate change

CHINA TESTS THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR TELESCOPE ARRAY

WISH LIST • The latest STUDY GADGETS

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SOLAR MAXIMUM • The Sun’s 11-year cycle and its upcoming peak have been making headlines recently. Here’s how it could affect us on Earth

WHAT IS JUPITER MADE OF? • Plunge beneath the surface of the Solar System’s largest planet

RESCUE AT SEA • From the hammering surf to the ocean’s depths, these vehicles retrieve the missing and stranded

THE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE EXPLAINED • How this fleet of vehicular chaperones gets the United States President safely around

FRACKING UNCOVERED • With fossil fuels in ever-scarcer supply, fracking may soon be coming to a location near you. But what does that mean for you and your home?

WHAT IS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE? • This invisible force drives the world’s weather

WHY WE DREAM • The science behind your slumber and the benefits of drifting off to dreamland

HOW FOOD IS FERMENTED • This ancient preservation technique transforms foods’ taste and appearance

FROM THE MAKERS OF HOW IT WORKS MAGAZINE, THE PLANET’S GREATEST COMPILATION OF FANTASTIC FACTS. • Find out what makes chillis spicy, see inside the Statue of Liberty, discover what’s at the edge of space, why grass is green, how to train your pet, who invented chess - and much more.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN INVENTIONS • Discover the weird and wonderful technological accomplishments of one of the earliest civilisations

HOW HUMANS EVOLVED • Step through history, from the first walking humans to the Homo sapiens of today

WHO DISCOVERED THE SOLAR SYSTEM? • How mathematical masterminds and innovative technology helped unveil what was beyond Earth

HOW AIRCRAFT GO MISSING • The disappearance of Flight MH370 shows that even with today’s technology, planes can simply vanish. But why is that, and how can we stop it happening?

WHAT IS A GYROSCOPE? • Here’s how this peculiar instrument seemingly defies gravity

INSIDE A BATTERY FACTORY • We visited a gigafactory to find out how the world’s greenest car batteries are made

INSIDE A LIGHTHOUSE • Discover the tried-and-tested technology behind these maritime navigational beacons

THE WEIRD WORLD OF MOULD • The strangest, deadliest, most disgusting and useful moulds found on Earth

WHY MOSQUITOES BITE • How a tiny blood meal sustains these insects

WHAT IS THE CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? •...