How It Works - 2021-12-23

• “You feel paralysed by the tremendous power of this machine”
• MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS
• Ferris-wheel-sized chunk of the Moon is orbiting suspicious­ly close to Earth
• Triassic skulls unearthed in Greenland reveal ‘cold bone’ dinosaur
• EARTH’S LOWER ATMOSPHERE IS EXPANDING
• ‘Balding’ black holes prove Einstein right again on general relativity
• HEALTH PATIENT’S IMMUNE SYSTEM CURES HIV
• Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 40 times deeper than the Mariana Trench
• Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds neverbefor­e-seen mineral
• DRUG TO TREAT GENETIC CAUSE OF DWARFISM APPROVED
• Polar bear parts are being smuggled around the world
• Astronomer­s discover a ‘barrier’ around the centre of the Milky Way
• Earliest evidence of mercury poisoning in humans found in 5,000-year-old bones
• FISH RUB UP AGAINST GREAT WHITE SHARKS
• CELESTRON 71330 NATURE DX 8x32 BINOCULARS BESPIN BINOCULARS FOR KIDS
• NATURE’S EXPLORER KIT
• POLDR 8x21 SMALL COMPACT LIGHTWEIGH­T BINOCULARS
• PROMORA BINOCULARS FOR KIDS
• A HUGE FACILITY
• HISTORY OF LASERS
• USING A GIANT LASER
• NIF SCIENCE
• NIF AND SPACE RESEARCH
• CREATING A TINY SUPERNOVA
• NIF IN SPACE EXPERIMENT­S
• STUDYING SYNESTHESI­A
• UNEXPECTED FIND
• 4 COMMON USES OF GOLD
• GOLD THROUGHOUT HISTORY
• TREATMENT DISCOVERY
• WHY SOME PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HAIR
• DAKAR CATEGORIES
• COOLING WITH SPACE TECHNOLOGY KEEPING A COOL HEAD
• GREEN BY 2030
• SAILOR-FREE FERRIES
• SCRAPPING BALLAST
• DECIPHERME­NT PROBLEMS
• PIECING THINGS TOGETHER
• THE LEADERS
• DRAWING THE INTERNATIO­NAL DATE LINE
• CHOKED BY CO2
• INSIDE THE VOLCANO
• LIVING ON DOGGERLAND
• DIVORCING EUROPE
• IS IT FOOLPROOF?
• EGG MIMICRY
• WHY DO WE NEED QUANTUM COMPUTING?
• PERPETUAL ENERGY
• INSIDE THE D-WAVE
• DAWN OF A NEW ERA
• TWINS OF LIGHT
• USES FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING
• A QUANTUM FUTURE
• A QUICK DRINK
• EXPLORING MARS
• ASTROBIOLO­GY ON MARS
• WITNESS TUBES
• IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT­S
• LUCY’S TARGETS
• GRAVITATIO­NAL PULL
• What happens to the land that slides under another tectonic plate?
• CAN ANY TYPE OF FOOD HAVE NEGATIVE CALORIES?
• Why are some plants’ leaves purple?
• WHAT ARE BLOOD TYPES?
• DID THE SILK ROAD START IN CHINA OR EUROPE?
• TOMATOES ARE PART OF THE NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. DOES THAT MEAN THEY’RE A BIT POISONOUS?
• Why is a global temperatur­e rise of just a few degrees so bad for the planet?
• Why do bubbles pop in the air?
• WHAT IS THE BIGGEST EMPIRE THAT EVER EXISTED?
• WHEN WE SMELL SOMETHING, WHAT HAPPENS?
• HOW DOES A GEIGER COUNTER WORK?
• WHY DO YOU NEED LESS SLEEP THE OLDER YOU GET?
• ARE THERE ANTIMATTER STARS?
• EXPLORERS OF DEEP TIME
• THE WORLD OF CORAL REEFS
• TRACTOR WARS
• NANO’S JOURNEY!
• QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
• Had a go? Let us know!
• PIP-FREE FRUITS
• HOW TO HULA
• SLEEPING SEASON
• A CONSCIOUS THOUGHT
• WE ASKED YOU

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