How It Works - 2022-06-09

• “This isn’t the end for all stars. Some have enough mass to initiate further nuclear fusion”
• MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS
• MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL
• GALACTIC MERGER
• RELEASE THE POLLEN
• WATERCOLOU­R LAGOONS
• Distant ‘galaxy’ revealed to be a massive pulsar
• 1,100-year-old ‘altar of skulls’ found in Mexico
• COSMIC ANGEL WINGS EMERGE FROM VIOLENT GALACTIC COLLISION
• Large Hadron Collider breaks new record
• CANADA MAKES MOON CRIMES ILLEGAL
• Stonehenge was an ancient hunting hotspot
• Man’s rash caused by worms under his skin
• VENOMOUS WORM GROWS DEADLY COPPER FANGS
• Extinction threatens one in five reptile species
• Underwater Antarctic volcano triggers 85,000 earthquake­s
• Millipede species named after Taylor Swift
• JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE REACHES ‘PERFECT’ ALIGNMENT
• CLASSIC BATTLEFIEL­D TOURS
• THE ALIEN ABDUCTION LAMP
• STARSENSE EXPLORER LT 114AZ
• WORLD OF WARSHIPS
• MEMBERSHIP TO THE SOCIETY FOR POPULAR ASTRONOMY (SPA)
• QUICKBUILD FORD MUSTANG GT
• BUILD YOUR OWN BINOCULARS
• AIRFIX SMALL STARTER SET SUPERMARIN­E SPITFIRE MKVC
• STARSENSE EXPLORER DX 102AZ
• GREAT BRITISH HISTORY MAP
• WHERE DOES SPACE START?
• WHERE ARE THE WORLD’S SPACEPORTS?
• WHAT IF EARTH STOPPED SPINNING?
• WHAT IS LOW-EARTH ORBIT?
• IF LIGHT SPEED IS IMPOSSIBLE, HOW DOES LIGHT ACHIEVE IT?
• DOES THE SUN ROTATE?
• WHAT DO ASTRONAUTS EAT?
• TASTY SELECTION OF ASTRONAUT FOOD
• WHO HAS WALKED ON THE MOON?
• WHY ARE THE PLANETS DIFFERENT COLOURS?
• DO NEPTUNE AND URANUS ALSO HAVE SPOTS?
• WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMETS, ASTEROIDS AND METEORS?
• WHY ISN’T PLUTO A PLANET?
• ARE THERE ANY VOLCANOES IN SPACE?
• WILL THE SUN EXPLODE?
• HOW HOT IS THE SUN?
• HOW DO NEUTRON STARS FORM?
• WHAT IS A NEBULA?
• MAKING A NEBULA
• NEBULA CLASSIFICA­TION
• HOW COLD CAN SPACE GET?
• WHAT IS A PARSEC?
• THE HIERARCHAL CLUSTERING MODEL
• WHERE IS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE?
• HOW ARE GALAXIES FORMED?
• WHY ARE MOST GALAXIES MOVING AWAY FROM US?
• REDSHIFT VERSUS DISTANCE
• WILL THE UNIVERSE STOP EXPANDING?
• IS GRAVITY EVERYWHERE IN SPACE?
• FALCON 9 FLIP
• ELON’S STARSHIP
• THE STANFORD TORUS
• THE VOYAGER SPACE STATION
• HEALTH EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVI­TY
• A MAN’S HOME IS HIS CASTLE
• EVOLUTION OF THE EARLY STRONGHOLD­S
• BUILDING UP
• CASTLE CHARACTERI­STICS
• BIG AND WELL BUILT
• WHAT IS A GUILLOTINE?
• OFF WITH YOUR HEAD
• CONSCIOUSN­ESS EXPERIMENT
• INSECT POLLINATOR­S
• REPTILE HELPERS
• BRING IN THE BIRDS
• BEYOND BEES
• FURRY POLLINATOR­S
• HUMAN POLLINATOR­S
• BUILDERS’ BODIES
• HOW DAMS AFFECT THE ENVIRONMEN­T
• FLATTENING
• CAR TO CUBE
• PURIFICATI­ON AND ADDITION
• SPEEDY MARATHON
• TYPES OF CAPTURE
• UNDERGROUN­D STORAGE
• TRAPPED IN CONCRETE
• MAKING MONEY FROM CARBON
• OCEAN REMOVAL
• CARBON-NEGATIVE PRODUCTS
• GLOBAL PROJECTS
• WHAT ARE THEY REALLY WORTH?
• NFT LIFE CYCLE
• NFTS EXPLAINED
• DID YOU KNOW?
• TREATING CANCER
• CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
• HOW STEROIDS ARE ADMINISTER­ED
• STEROID MISUSE
• STEROIDS IN THE BODY
• THE SCOVILLE SCALE
• BODY HAIR TRANSPLANT­S
• FUE VS FUT
• ROBOTIC TRANSPLANT­S
• Why does the sky look red at sunrise and sunset?
• WHY DO CAR WHEELS LOOK LIKE THEY’RE SPINNING BACKWARDS AT HIGH SPEEDS?
• WHY ARE SHADOWS BLACK?
• What’s the most high-calorie meal you can eat?
• HOW DO COLOUR-CHANGING CANDLES WORK?
• FLOUNDERS CAN CHANGE COLOUR TO ADAPT TO THEIR SITUATION UNLESS THEY’RE BLIND – WHY IS THIS?
• What’s in the glue that seals envelopes?
• WHEN IT’S FROSTY OUTSIDE, WHY DON’T WILD ANIMALS DIE?
• WHY DO SUNFLOWERS ALWAYS FACE THE SUN?
• How do evergreen trees keep their greenness throughout the winter?
• HOW DO TIME-RELEASE PILLS WORK?
• Is it ever okay for a species to die out?
• HOW DO BIRDS KNOW WHEN TO MIGRATE?
• How do weed killers kill off only weeds?
• WHAT IS DÉJÀ VU?
• WHAT’S CHEWING GUM MADE OF?
• AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TREES
• BUTTERFLIE­S
• THE EXQUISITE MACHINE
• ENDANGERED ANIMALS
• QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
• Had a go? Let us know!
• THE BIOLOGY OF SKIN
• TREE DISEASES
• REALLY COOL INVENTION
• WE ASKED YOU
• EXPLOSIVE SCIENCE
• NAIL-BITING QUERY

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