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How It Works

No. 154
Magazine

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!

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

APPS & TOOLS

SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 60%

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...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 154

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: August 5, 2021

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Science

Languages

English

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!

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

APPS & TOOLS

SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 60%

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...


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