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Latest issue. In this issue of How It Works: what is the placebo effect – 20 weird and fascinating mysteries science is yet to fully solve. Also, discover how to become the US president, building over 100 miles of the world’s longest bridge, how caves formed on the Moon, inside the ‘flying bum’, cool farming robots, crazy animal defence ...
How It Works’ expert explanations, dynamic cutaways and breathtaking images help its eager audience to understand and explore the wonders of the modern world.
How It Works Book of Amazing Answers to Curious Questions, discover the elusive explanations behind life’s most intriguing conundrums. Why do snakes have two tongue tips? Have you ever wondered what’s harder: brain surgery or rocket science?
This month we’re giving you the chance to win a board game bundle from NorthStar Games. The bundle includes some of NorthStar’s most popular titles: Biomos, Evolution Climate, Oceans Deluxe Edition and the Oceans: Legends of the Deep expansion.
From the Mark I that ended the stalemate of World War I trench warfare to the Challenger 2 used by the British Army today, Issue 85 of How It Works examines how armoured battle has evolved since tanks rolled onto the scene.
Capable of launching objects of tremendous weight – including stone boulders, burning animals and even diseased human corpses used as an early form of biological warfare – over large distances, the counterweight trebuchet still to this day is a phenomenal feat of engineering.
Dry ice is actually highly pressurised liquid-carbon dioxide that has been frozen to a temperature of -78.5 degrees Celsius (-109.3 degrees Fahrenheit). The main benefit of using carbon dioxide is that when it warms up it sublimates, which means it changes from solid to gas without becoming a liquid. So if you warm it up and pump it across a ...
Check out this short video showing how Dyson’s Air Multiplier technology works. For more information on Air Multiplier technology and Dyson’s new bladeless fan, check out the latest issue of How It Works magazine.
What is terrace farming? Terrace farming is commonly found through Asia and is used when the terrain is particularly hilly or steep. Terraces are made using low walls of Earth up the side of the hills, these allow the farmers to make flat areas for planting their crops – the terraces.
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