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How It Works

No. 157
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 • Issue 157

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS

AR ZONE • Bring the pages to life

A moth’s mouth

Devil ray migration

Where ice and sand meet

Mars selfie

Massive comet is headed our way

American bumblebee could be endangered

CEMENT FOUND IN MAN’S HEART

Climate change is making Earth dimmer

EXPLORERS ADD EIGHT MILES TO RECORD-BREAKING CAVE

Vegetarian ants have steak-knife teeth

COVID relative found in Laos bats

SCIENTISTS PINPOINT THE AGE OF MOLTEN ‘EINSTEIN RING’

Melting ‘glue’ sent enormous iceberg to its doom

Prehistoric people raised deadly cassowaries

MOUNTAIN GOAT KILLS GRIZZLY BEAR WITH ITS HORNS

Rare three-sun planet may lurk in Orion’s nose

WISH LIST • The latest CODING TOY TECH

The Perfect Christmas Gift for just £21.50 plus FREE HIW BOOKAZINE BUNDLE

WHAT ARE UFOs? • Unidentified flying objects do exist, but they have a range of different explanations

THE PENTAGON UFO VIDEOS

THE AUTOKINETIC EFFECT

TOP-SECRET AIRCRAFT

IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND UFOS • Since 2008, David Clarke has worked with the National Archives on releasing the MoD’s UFO files

UFOs BY NUMBERS

WHAT DO PLANETS SOUND LIKE? • From Martian winds to Saturn’s aurorae, how sounds add to our understanding of the planets

EARTH’S MUSICAL MAGNETOSPHERE • The tenuous plasma around Earth is filled with a cacophony of sound-like vibrations

WHAT IS THE MULTIVERSE? • Could the universe we know just be one of infinite universes?

NASA ON MARS • How Mars missions of the past and present have greatly shaped our knowledge of the Red Planet

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ROGER CHAFFEE

ROGER CHAFFEE • The life of this skilled astronaut was cut short by a tragic accident

A LIFE’S WORK • From air pilot to astronaut

COMMUNISM vs FASCISM • What are these two opposing ideologies?

WHO WERE THE FOUNDERS?

5 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

ON THE MAP • Communist countries

WONDERS OF THE LYCURGUS CUP • How the Romans used nanotechnology to transform this ancient chalice

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

ELECTRICITY BASICS • The science of resistance, inductance and capacitance

RESISTANCE

CAPACITANCE

INDUCTANCE

HOW LUMINOL WORKS • The blue glow of this forensic chemical can indicate a violent crime has taken place

5 FACTS ABOUT LUMINOL

WHY YOUR HEART BEATS • See inside the pump at the core of our bodies and explore its crucial role

CENTRIFUGAL VS CENTRIPETAL • There’s a dizzying difference between these forces of circular motion

INSIDE THE ATARI 2600 • This groundbreaking console spawned a new era of home entertainment

WHAT IS THE DARKNET? • Why the internet we see is just the tip of the iceberg

HOW PLASMA CUTTERS WORK • The science behind these efficient metal-slicing tools

The Perfect Christmas Gift from just £6

JOURNEY TO THE Carboniferous PERIOD • What life on Earth was like more than 300 million years ago, and how it gave us coal

THE...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 157

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: October 28, 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 • Issue 157

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS

AR ZONE • Bring the pages to life

A moth’s mouth

Devil ray migration

Where ice and sand meet

Mars selfie

Massive comet is headed our way

American bumblebee could be endangered

CEMENT FOUND IN MAN’S HEART

Climate change is making Earth dimmer

EXPLORERS ADD EIGHT MILES TO RECORD-BREAKING CAVE

Vegetarian ants have steak-knife teeth

COVID relative found in Laos bats

SCIENTISTS PINPOINT THE AGE OF MOLTEN ‘EINSTEIN RING’

Melting ‘glue’ sent enormous iceberg to its doom

Prehistoric people raised deadly cassowaries

MOUNTAIN GOAT KILLS GRIZZLY BEAR WITH ITS HORNS

Rare three-sun planet may lurk in Orion’s nose

WISH LIST • The latest CODING TOY TECH

The Perfect Christmas Gift for just £21.50 plus FREE HIW BOOKAZINE BUNDLE

WHAT ARE UFOs? • Unidentified flying objects do exist, but they have a range of different explanations

THE PENTAGON UFO VIDEOS

THE AUTOKINETIC EFFECT

TOP-SECRET AIRCRAFT

IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND UFOS • Since 2008, David Clarke has worked with the National Archives on releasing the MoD’s UFO files

UFOs BY NUMBERS

WHAT DO PLANETS SOUND LIKE? • From Martian winds to Saturn’s aurorae, how sounds add to our understanding of the planets

EARTH’S MUSICAL MAGNETOSPHERE • The tenuous plasma around Earth is filled with a cacophony of sound-like vibrations

WHAT IS THE MULTIVERSE? • Could the universe we know just be one of infinite universes?

NASA ON MARS • How Mars missions of the past and present have greatly shaped our knowledge of the Red Planet

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ROGER CHAFFEE

ROGER CHAFFEE • The life of this skilled astronaut was cut short by a tragic accident

A LIFE’S WORK • From air pilot to astronaut

COMMUNISM vs FASCISM • What are these two opposing ideologies?

WHO WERE THE FOUNDERS?

5 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

ON THE MAP • Communist countries

WONDERS OF THE LYCURGUS CUP • How the Romans used nanotechnology to transform this ancient chalice

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

ELECTRICITY BASICS • The science of resistance, inductance and capacitance

RESISTANCE

CAPACITANCE

INDUCTANCE

HOW LUMINOL WORKS • The blue glow of this forensic chemical can indicate a violent crime has taken place

5 FACTS ABOUT LUMINOL

WHY YOUR HEART BEATS • See inside the pump at the core of our bodies and explore its crucial role

CENTRIFUGAL VS CENTRIPETAL • There’s a dizzying difference between these forces of circular motion

INSIDE THE ATARI 2600 • This groundbreaking console spawned a new era of home entertainment

WHAT IS THE DARKNET? • Why the internet we see is just the tip of the iceberg

HOW PLASMA CUTTERS WORK • The science behind these efficient metal-slicing tools

The Perfect Christmas Gift from just £6

JOURNEY TO THE Carboniferous PERIOD • What life on Earth was like more than 300 million years ago, and how it gave us coal

THE...


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