How It Works - 2022-01-20

• “The spill directly affected 70,000 square miles of ocean”
• MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS
• Probe ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time
• Super-carnivorou­s ichthyosau­r discovered
• COMET LEONARD’S METEOR SHOWER ON VENUS
• Octopuses, squids and lobsters could be classed as ‘sentient beings’
• HOTTEST EVER ARCTIC TEMPERATUR­E RECORDED
• Water’s freezing point just got lower
• Newfound millipede breaks a world record
• MUTANT BACTERIA LOOK LIKE VAN GOGH’S STARRY NIGHT
• Epic sea level rise drove Vikings out of Greenland
• Toxic cane toads invade Taiwan
• NASA plans a lunar nuclear power plant
• US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE COLLIDES WITH UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN
• PELOTON BIKE
• JABRA ELITE ACTIVE 75T
• WATERROWER A1
• WELLY TRAVELER INFUSING WATER BOTTLE
• GARMIN FENIX 6X PRO SOLAR EDITION
• A nuclear experiment with explosive results
• Toxic cloud
• Deadly chemical leak
• THE RISKS OF ASBESTOS
• CLEANING UP LIBBY
• MOPPING UP THE OIL
• Toxic tap water
• Poison gas leak
• 5 OIL SPILL IMPACTS
• California wildfires
• Pacific pollution
• Mud volcano
• BIRTH OF A MUDDY ERUPTION
• MADAGASCAR
• PAPUA, INDONESIA
• THE GRAN CHACO, SOUTH AMERICA
• BORNEO, INDONESIA
• PERU, SOUTH AMERICA
• AMAZON, BOLIVIA
• AMAZON, BRAZIL
• THE CHEMISTRY OF LIMESTONE STALACTITE­S
• STRANGE STRUCTURES
• HOW THEY GROW
• POISON PANTRY
• DOPPLER RADAR
• KEY DATES IN THE DEVELOPMEN­T OF RADAR
• CHAIN HOME
• THE QUANTUM GENERATION
• ENVIRONMEN­TAL IMPACT
• MAKING LIGHT
• HOW DO BULBS DIFFER?
• MELTING METAL
• SPACE APPLICATIO­NS
• HUMANOID ASSISTANT
• INTO THE DEPTHS
• DIVING WITH BENTHIC ROVER II
• HOW EXOPLANETS ARE FOUND
• HOW HD 106906 B GOT ITS ORBIT
• AN EARTH-LIKE MICROLENSE­D PLANET
• THE WEIRDEST ORBIT
• NAMING EXOPLANETS
• OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR
• SPOTTED BY A RADIO TELESCOPE
• A SCORCHING HOT SUPEREARTH
• A NEW ATMOSPHERE
• MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER GALAXY
• DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE­S
• SMALL AND FAST
• IN THE HABITABLE ZONE
• THE EXOPLANET HUNTERS
• INSIDE THE BLUE MOON LANDER
• REFUELLING IN SPACE
• History of NASA
• Age of Discovery
• RAIN ROCKETS
• CLOUD COMBAT
• PROTECTING EARTH FROM SPACE
• COFFEE ADDICTS
• THE SCIENCE OF SMOKING
• INFINITE SCROLL
• THE FIRST FLIGHT STUDIES
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER
• 5 ADVANCEMEN­TS FOR FUTURE FLIGHTS
• BECOMING THE FATHER OF BIOLOGY
• 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ARISTOTLE
• A LIFE’S WORK
• How much force is generated by Niagara Falls?
• Do dogs see in black and white? How do we know?
• Why is radiation so dangerous?
• IF FREEZING SOMETHING CAUSES IT TO LOSE ENERGY, WHY DOES ICE EXPAND AND HAVE THE ENERGY TO BURST PIPES?
• WHAT’S THE NEXT NEAREST GALAXY TO OURS, AND WHAT’S THE CHANCE OF THERE BEING ANOTHER EARTH IN IT?
• How do barcodes work?
• IS EATING FISH GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN?
• WHAT’S THE HIGHEST A HOTAIR BALLOON HAS FLOWN?
• Why don’t whales get the bends?
• ARE HYBRID CARS REALLY ENVIRONMEN­TALLY FRIENDLY?
• HOW DO PAINKILLER­S CURE HEADACHES?
• DO FISH REALLY HAVE A THREESECON­D MEMORY, AND HOW DO WE KNOW?
• Why don’t forklift trucks tip over?
• WHY DO BATS SLEEP UPSIDE DOWN?
• HOW DO MICROWAVES COOK FOOD?
• NORSE MYTHS
• REBEL GIRLS: CLIMATE WARRIORS
• LIFT AND LOOK BEES
• FACING MIGHTY FEARS ABOUT HEALTH
• QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
• EARTH IMPACT
• MAKING MACARONI
• FESTIVE LIGHTING
• POWER OF CHLORINE
• CHANGING TASTE

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