How It Works - 2022-02-17

• “A network of more than 750,000 miles of cable running under land and sea”
• MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS
• Your eyes reveal your true age
• Iceberg dumps 132 billion tonnes of water into the ocean
• ANCIENT CHINESE WARRIORS WERE BURIED ALIVE
• Black holes could explain the universe’s origins
• REIGN OF NEW MONKEY QUEEN IS IN JEOPARDY
• Antarctic penguin colony concerns scientists
• ‘Death Star’ moon’s secret undergroun­d ocean
• ‘GATES OF HELL’ MAY FINALLY BE CLOSED
• Astronomer­s watch a star explode in real time
• Sunbird songs are a million years old
• RABIES DEATHS IN THE US SPARK WARNING
• OCULUS QUEST 2
• VIVE PRO 2
• VALVE INDEX
• HP REVERB G2
• PLAYSTATIO­N VR
• VIVE COSMOS ELITE
• URL DISSECTION
• HOW DO WEBSITES WORK?
• WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
• UNDERWATER CONNECTION­S
• TYPES OF CABLE
• NEED FOR SPEED
• TIME TAKEN TO DOWNLOAD A MOVIE
• THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
• CONNECTING THE WORLD
• HOW STARLINK WORKS
• WHAT IS LATENCY?
• THE INTERNET BY NUMBERS
• INVENTING THE JAWS
• HOW THE HYDRAULICS WORK
• BROADCASTI­NG BANDWIDTH
• CONNECTING AN ECOSYSTEM
• MOBILE ORIGINS
• HOW TO HEAT OUR HOMES
• WHAT TO DO WITH OUR WASTE
• HOW TO PLAN OUR CITIES
• 5 SURGICAL INVENTIONS
• HOW TO BIND BOOKS
• IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
• CHILDREN ARE STILL TAUGHT PYTHAGORAS’ THEOREM TODAY
• A LIFE’S WORK
• HARPY EAGLE
• THE FLIGHTLESS WING
• WANDERING ALBATROSS
• GREATER RHEA
• COMMON OSTRICH
• PELICAN ANATOMY
• SOUTHERN CASSOWARY
• DALMATIAN PELICAN
• 5 OF THE UK’S BIGGEST BIRDS
• ANDEAN CONDOR
• EMPEROR PENGUIN
• GREAT BUSTARD
• FISH THAT CAN BREATHE AIR
• BLUE-BLOODED CREATURES
• COMPLEX CAVES
• HOW THE LIMESTONE PILLARS WERE MADE
• DIAMOND MINING
• KIMBERLITE PIPES
• WHERE THESE GEMS ARE FOUND
• SPARKLING SKY
• MAKING A SYNTHETIC DIAMOND
• CUTTING AND POLISHING DIAMONDS
• THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE SPARKLE
• HOW DIAMONDS REFLECT LIGHT
• WHAT DIAMONDS ARE USED FOR
• SIGNS OF CANCER
• TESTING FOR CANCER
• IMAGING TESTS
• WHAT IS THE STAGING SYSTEM?
• 5 STAGES OF DIAGNOSIS
• WORKING IN CANCER DIAGNOSTIC­S
• INSIDE A BIONIC EYE
• VISION-DESTROYING ILLNESSES
• A WORLD FIRST
• FUELLING THE FUTURE
• WORMHOLE ALTERNATIV­E
• RIDING THE WAVE
• FIRST SIGHTINGS
• DISCOVERIN­G MINI-MOONS
• SATURN’S BIG SEVEN
• THE KEY BEHIND KEYLESS
• A LONG ROAD
• RACING AHEAD
• SWEET REACTIONS
• IS IT POSSIBLE TO KNOCK EARTH OUT OF ITS ORBIT?
• How do you tell if a mushroom is poisonous?
• WHY DO SKUNKS SMELL?
• WHY DOES MINT TASTE ‘COLD’?
• How do the holes get in Swiss cheese?
• HOW DOES THE SPEEDOMETE­R IN AN AEROPLANE WORK?
• WHY DO WE HICCUP?
• Why do sharks go into a tonic state when flipped over?
• WHAT’S A NAUTICAL MILE?
• How does a home pregnancy test work?
• HOW WOULD A SPACE TETHER BE BUILT IF WE HAD THE MATERIALS TO BUILD IT?
• COULD WE TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT?
• Why do we sometimes remember our dreams, but sometimes not?
• HOW DO CIGARETTE FILTERS WORK?
• WHY USE SALT TO MELT ICE ON THE ROADS?
• THE EXTRAORDIN­ARY WORLD OF BIRDS
• ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
• LOCOMOTION
• GAIA AND LUNA
• QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
• Had a go? Let us know!
• TWITTER SHOUTOUT
• UNWANTED NOISE
• TRAVELLING SCENT
• WE ASKED YOU
• DENTAL DAMAGE

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