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 • The magazine that feeds minds!
Meet the team…
MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS…
AR ZONE !
BAT BABY
UP, UP AND AWAY
BEHIND THE EYES
STELLAR TANTRUM
Supermassive black hole speeds through space
Meerkats happy to see zoo visitors return
Antarctic sea creatures uncovered
70,000 viruses found in the human gut
Ancient Greek helmet found in Israel
Monster antimatter particle slams into Antarctica
Napping Arctic walrus wakes up in Ireland
Plague of mice ravages eastern Australia
The ISS dumps 2.6-tonne hunk of space junk
Earth may have a hidden core
Super-Earth has super-fast orbit
First US COVID-19 vaccine vial headed to museum
WISH LIST • The latest educational robots
APPS & TOOLS
MASS EXTINCTION • THE DEATH OF THE DINOSAURS WAS JUST ONE OF FIVE GLOBAL EVENTS THAT SAW MILLIONS OF SPECIES WIPED OUT – HOW DO THESE EVENTS HAPPEN?
Gondwana moves south • How a supercontinent changed life on Earth
DID YOU KNOW?
Death by volcano • How massive eruptions caused the biggest mass extinction on Earth
Deep impact • How an asteroid brought about the end of the world for the dinosaurs
On the brink • THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SPECIES THAT ARE IN DECLINE
5 FACTS ABOUT ALMOST-EXTINCT SPECIES
Tracking elephants • How satellites can help us monitor animals from space
The state of the sixth mass extinction
AMAZINGLY WEIRD AUSSIE ANIMALS • Meet some of the world’s strangest species from down under
Night fishing • How these prolific predators snag their prey
Hatching mammal eggs • From shell to spines, how echidna become adults
5 FACTS ABOUT • BIZARRE BIRDS
Inside a rattlesnake’s rattle • What gives these reptiles their distinguishing sound?
The silent shake
Empty sound • How does this hollow structure make noise?
GHOST TOWNS • These settlements were deserted and left to deteriorate. Come, explore them with us
Reasons for abandonment
Coastal erosion • How the power of the waves cuts into cliffs
LEFT TO THE ELEMENTS • These human-made structures sit empty and desolate around the world
Stanford Ovshinsky • The environmentalist and tech genius whose inventions transformed the devices in your home
A life’s work • Whatever path his life took, this inventor had a vision
60 years of ‘the Ovshinsky effect’
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT… • STANFORD OVSHINSKY
SMARTER KITCHENS • HOW THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH EVERYDAY APPLIANCES AND HOW WE PREPARE OUR FOOD
Planning your layout: the zoning method
The evolution of the kitchen • Discover how this room has changed over the centuries
INSIDE A SMART KITCHEN • THESE MODERN APPLIANCES COMBINE EFFICIENCY, ENTERTAINMENT AND STYLE IN ONE ROOM
INTELLIGENT DEVICES
How does it fold?
Folding phone teardown • Take a look inside the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 smartphone
Beneath the bendy surface • What technology lies under this adaptive screen?
SAVIOURS OF THE SEA • How salvage vessels recover floundering ships and deep-sea wrecks
5 SHIP-SAVING METHODS
RECOVERY MISSION • Discover the power of a salvage tugboat
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