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How It Works

No. 156
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

WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING

AR ZONE • Bring the pages to life

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS

Inside the inner ear

Butterflies below deck

Curious caves

Behind the space veil

Chimps use ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ greetings

NEW ISLAND DISCOVERED CLOSE TO THE NORTH POLE

Pi calculated to a recordbreaking 62.8 trillion digits

Young star reveals what our Sun may have looked like

WEIRD ‘DOG BONE’ ASTEROID COULD BE COSMIC RUBBLE

Five-metre-long sea monster ruled ancient Kansas ocean

Lab-made mini brains grow their own ‘eyes’

‘PERFECT’ MARS ROCK SAMPLE DRILLED FROM THE RED PLANET

Strange objects discovered past Neptune

Cookiecutter sharks terrorise animals of all sizes

RAIN FALLS ON GREENLAND’S SUMMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME

Strange signal near Milky Way’s centre has scientists stumped

WISH LIST • The latest tech in MICROSCOPES

SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 60%

GADGETS WITH LICENSE TO THRILL • From space lasers and ships that can’t be seen on radar to jet packs and submersible cars, how 007’s tech has moved from fiction to fact

THE INVISIBLE SHIP

ROBOTIC CANINES

5 FACTS ABOUT BOND WATCHES AND WEAPONS

ONE TOUGH AUTOMOBILE

GOING ORBITAL

NO, MR BOND… I EXPECT YOU TO DIE

INSIDE APPLE’S NEW IMAC • Uncover the technology behind the 24-inch M1

5 BENEFITS OF SOLAR PANELS

HOW SOLAR PANELS WORK • From sunlight to light bulbs, this technology creates electricity from a natural resource

COMPUTER KEYBOARD TECH EXPLAINED • What makes this modern typewriter work?

HOW DOES GOOGLE EARTH WORK? • The app that puts the world in the hands of anyone with a smartphone or computer

HYDROGEN BUS POWER • Inside the world’s first clean-energy double-decker bus: the Hydroliner

5 FACTS METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN

HOW OUR CLIMATE is CHANGING • Here are eight signs of the human impact on Earth’s climate and environment

CLIMATE CHANGE by numbers

10 DEADLY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS • How Earth’s fiery outbursts remind us of our planet’s power and unpredictability

AMAZON OF THE OCEAN • Explore the lively reefs of Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle

5 OF THE TRIANGLE’S MANY SPECIES

WHAT IS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT? • Does this fabled chest – said to hold tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments – actually exist?

WELCOME TO THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION • How the ancient society of Pakistan’s Indus Valley shaped the modern world

FREE 2 eBooks FOR EVERY READER! • Grab yourself two fascinating, fact-packed How It Works specials for your digital device. Simply use the links below or scan the QR code to download

Could we build… TOTAL RECALL? • From Mars colonies to memory implants, a look at the science behind this 1990 classic

Creating FALSE MEMORIES

5 FACTS THE SCIENCE OF TOTAL RECALL

TESTING HAWKING’S THEORIES • Which of Stephen Hawking’s explanations turned out to be right?

5 THEORIES SCIENTISTS ARE UNSURE ABOUT

HOW BABIES ARE MADE • The fusion of sex cells that begins the great journey of pregnancy

IN VITRO FERTILISATION

ONE BABY, ROOM FOR ONE MORE THREE PARENTS

THE SCIENCE OF STEM CELLS

EMBRYO GROWTH • What allows embryos to develop such complex structures? We speak with Dr Megan...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 156

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: October 1, 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

WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING

AR ZONE • Bring the pages to life

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS

Inside the inner ear

Butterflies below deck

Curious caves

Behind the space veil

Chimps use ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ greetings

NEW ISLAND DISCOVERED CLOSE TO THE NORTH POLE

Pi calculated to a recordbreaking 62.8 trillion digits

Young star reveals what our Sun may have looked like

WEIRD ‘DOG BONE’ ASTEROID COULD BE COSMIC RUBBLE

Five-metre-long sea monster ruled ancient Kansas ocean

Lab-made mini brains grow their own ‘eyes’

‘PERFECT’ MARS ROCK SAMPLE DRILLED FROM THE RED PLANET

Strange objects discovered past Neptune

Cookiecutter sharks terrorise animals of all sizes

RAIN FALLS ON GREENLAND’S SUMMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME

Strange signal near Milky Way’s centre has scientists stumped

WISH LIST • The latest tech in MICROSCOPES

SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 60%

GADGETS WITH LICENSE TO THRILL • From space lasers and ships that can’t be seen on radar to jet packs and submersible cars, how 007’s tech has moved from fiction to fact

THE INVISIBLE SHIP

ROBOTIC CANINES

5 FACTS ABOUT BOND WATCHES AND WEAPONS

ONE TOUGH AUTOMOBILE

GOING ORBITAL

NO, MR BOND… I EXPECT YOU TO DIE

INSIDE APPLE’S NEW IMAC • Uncover the technology behind the 24-inch M1

5 BENEFITS OF SOLAR PANELS

HOW SOLAR PANELS WORK • From sunlight to light bulbs, this technology creates electricity from a natural resource

COMPUTER KEYBOARD TECH EXPLAINED • What makes this modern typewriter work?

HOW DOES GOOGLE EARTH WORK? • The app that puts the world in the hands of anyone with a smartphone or computer

HYDROGEN BUS POWER • Inside the world’s first clean-energy double-decker bus: the Hydroliner

5 FACTS METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN

HOW OUR CLIMATE is CHANGING • Here are eight signs of the human impact on Earth’s climate and environment

CLIMATE CHANGE by numbers

10 DEADLY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS • How Earth’s fiery outbursts remind us of our planet’s power and unpredictability

AMAZON OF THE OCEAN • Explore the lively reefs of Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle

5 OF THE TRIANGLE’S MANY SPECIES

WHAT IS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT? • Does this fabled chest – said to hold tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments – actually exist?

WELCOME TO THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION • How the ancient society of Pakistan’s Indus Valley shaped the modern world

FREE 2 eBooks FOR EVERY READER! • Grab yourself two fascinating, fact-packed How It Works specials for your digital device. Simply use the links below or scan the QR code to download

Could we build… TOTAL RECALL? • From Mars colonies to memory implants, a look at the science behind this 1990 classic

Creating FALSE MEMORIES

5 FACTS THE SCIENCE OF TOTAL RECALL

TESTING HAWKING’S THEORIES • Which of Stephen Hawking’s explanations turned out to be right?

5 THEORIES SCIENTISTS ARE UNSURE ABOUT

HOW BABIES ARE MADE • The fusion of sex cells that begins the great journey of pregnancy

IN VITRO FERTILISATION

ONE BABY, ROOM FOR ONE MORE THREE PARENTS

THE SCIENCE OF STEM CELLS

EMBRYO GROWTH • What allows embryos to develop such complex structures? We speak with Dr Megan...


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