How It Works

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 • “Short breathing exercises train your body to better utilise air”

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GLOBAL EYE • Showcasing the incredible world we live in

WISH LIST • The latest tech for TRAVEL

ARE YOU BREATHING PROPERLY? • Whether you’re running a marathon or just relaxing, there are ways of breathing more efficiently for better health and performance

ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT • How the instruments of an orchestra are arranged in tandem with our brain functions

MEDICAL FACT OR FICTION? • Surprising statistics and common misconceptions about the human body

SURVIVING THE BIG FREEZE • Animals have all sorts of strategies for coping with cold temperatures, and some are pretty extraordinary

MUD UNDER THE MICROSCOPE • Dirt is teeming with life, most of which is invisible to the eye

MUNCHING MOLARS AND FEROCIOUS FANGS • Peer inside the mouths of animals to discover how they use their teeth to eat, hunt and fight

THE EDEN PROJECT EXPLAINED • World ecosystems contained in giant plastic bubbles demonstrate the beauty and importance of global biodiversity

WHAT ARE SAND DOLLARS? • These urchin-like creatures look very different to their discarded exoskeletons

PICTURING THE PLANETS • Our knowledge of other worlds in the Solar System has grown enormously since the dawn of the Space Age, along with ever more detailed photographs

ALL ABOUT SCOOTERS • Discover the history and technology behind these urban commuting vehicles

THE WORLD’S COOLEST CONCEPT CAR • Mercedes has stepped into the future with this otherworldly creation

HOW ASTRONAUTS TRAIN FOR SPACE

WHAT HAZARDS DO ASTRONAUTS FACE? • The human body isn’t designed to survive the vacuum of space, but even in a spacesuit astronauts have to be wary of these perils

ESSENTIAL GADGETS OF THE 1980s • How the must-have radical gadgets that dominated the ‘decade of decadence’ worked

BRAINDUMP • Amazing answers to your curious questions

THE LIBRARY • The latest book releases for curious minds

BRAIN GYM • Give your brain a puzzle workout

MAKE ERUPTING APPLES • Turn these ‘apples’ into little volcanoes that erupt foam with a little bit of vinegar

INBOX • Speak your mind

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FAST FACTS • Amazing trivia that will blow your mind