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.
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PARASITE LIPS
BEHIND THE SPACE VEIL
BAT BONANZA
BUILDING THE BIGGEST ROCKET
Signs of alien life on Saturn’s moon?
Gene-editing stops human coronavirus replicating
New expedition seeks Shackleton’s Antarctic wreckage
X-ray telescope reveals ghostly ‘hand’
Florida’s manatees die in record numbers
‘Zombie fingers’ parasitic fungus faces extinction
Mars may have lakes beneath its south pole
Scientists may have cracked da Vinci’s DNA
Plastic waste converted into vanilla flavouring
Free divers’ heart rates drop to 11 beats per minute
Elusive glass octopus spotted in remote Pacific
Most Americans think intelligent aliens exist
WISH LIST • The latest back to university gadgets
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12 UNBELIEVABLE INVENTIONS • THESE FAMOUS PRODUCTS WERE SUCCESS DOING SOME THING DESIGNED FOR ONE THING, BUT FOUND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Building bubble wrap • How plastic is transformed from pellets into poppable packaging
INVENTIONS BY NUMBERS
HOW A CITY WORKS • Discover the roads, underground pipelines and cables that are the lifeblood of a metropolis, and the new technology enhancing them
SMARTER BUILDINGS • Emerging technologies can help future buildings run more efficiently
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES • Take a look beneath the roads and see the hidden engineering running our cities
5 LAYOUTS FOR SAFER ROADS
History of the microchip
How microchips are made • These tiny, silicon devices power the modern world
5 FACTS ABOUT MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY
Toaster technology • How these appliances transform a slice of bread into a tasty toasted snack
A slice of smart
ASTEROIDS, MOONS AND DWARF PLANETS • MEET THE ROCKY ODDITIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND DISCOVER WHAT DEFINES THEM
Types of asteroid • There are three types of asteroid, and each differs in composition
The problem with Pluto
CELESTIAL BODIES • DISCOVER SOME OF THE MANY DWARF PLANETS AND MOONS ORBITING IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Newton’s cannonball
How satellites fall to Earth • Satellites do fall out of orbit, but it takes longer than you might think
Controlled and uncontrolled re-entry
5 FACTS ABOUT FALLING SATELLITES
TRAIN JOURNEY BACK IN TIME • England’s high-speed rail link is currently being built and lines dug, transporting archaeologists hundreds of years into Britain’s past
Clash with the eco warriors
Train line treasure trail • Some fascinating finds have been discovered along the route of HS2 Phase One
HS2 in numbers
Tanning leather • Discover the historical methods used to produce this versatile material from animal skin
Early uses
Ancient techniques
The lost settlement of Qumran • Home of the Dead Sea Scrolls, this ancient ruin still holds many secrets
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Who were the Essenes?
HERE COMES THE BIN LORRY • YOU BAG IT, BIN IT AND TOSS IT OUT ON THE STREET, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR RUBBISH WHEN IT’S COLLECTED?
Where does your rubbish go? • How you sort your trash determines where it is taken
Tipping your trash • How...