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How It Works

No. 150
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 !

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

Fuel...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 150

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: April 15, 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 !

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

Fuel...


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