How It Works - 2022-08-04

• MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS
• James Webb Space Telescope snaps deepest space image ever
• La Niña could bring a year of intense hurricanes
• DEEP-SEA SQUID CARRIES A DAZZLING STRING OF EGGS
• Never-before-seen crystals found in meteorite dust
• 300-KILOGRAM STINGRAY BREAKS THE FRESHWATER CATCH RECORD
• Supreme Court cripples the US government’s climate change fight
• Mysterious artefacts hint at ancient China’s ‘fairy world’
• BIZARRE ‘POLYGONS’ ON MARS’ SURFACE
• Rare star survives death by supernova
• Huge black hole devours an Earth-size chunk every second
• World’s deepest shipwreck found
• RECORDBREA­KING ERUPTION CREATED THE FASTEST ATMOSPHERI­C WAVES EVER
• UNRAVELLIN­G DNA
• TYPES OF MUTATIONS
• 1 RADIOACTIV­E SOURCE RADIOACTIV­E MUTATION
• MUTANT FRUIT
• MODERN-DAY MUTANTS
• THE EVEREVOLVI­NG HUMAN
• PRESSURE WAVES
• BEYOND MACH 5
• THE LOCKHEED MARTIN SR-72
• SPEEDING THROUGH THE SKIES
• MAKING HISTORY
• 5 UNLIKELY SOUND BARRIER SMASHERS
• IMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
• WHAT’S INSIDE?
• HOW WAS THE BLACK BOX INVENTED?
• WHERE VENTS ARE FOUND
• DID LIFE BEGIN IN THE DEEP?
• CREATURES OF THE VENTS
• BLACK SMOKERS VS WHITE SMOKERS
• HOW A SKUNK SPRAYS
• SKUNK HANDSTAND
• SCENTED SOLUTION
• FROM SPORE TO THE CHEF’S DOOR
• SNIFFING THEM OUT
• COOKING UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE
• VODKA IN FOUR STEPS
• WHERE DID VODKA COME FROM?
• HOW DISTILLATI­ON WORKS
• DANGEROUS BY-PRODUCTS
• WHAT’S IN A SHOT?
• COLD OR SCARED?
• CAUSING CONTRACTIO­NS
• HOW DO YOU STOP YOURSELF SHIVERING?
• SETTING THE SCIENCE STRAIGHT
• JELLY OR JAM
• ANATOMY OF A COMET
• WHERE DO COMETS COME FROM?
• SPACE OBJECT BRIGHTNESS
• THE NEXT BRIGHT COMET?
• COMET HUNTERS
• 4 GREAT COMETS
• THE SKY ON MARS
• WHY ARE SUNSETS RED?
• EXPERT BIO
• RED, AMBER AND GREEN
• AN ANCIENT GAME
• MIXED ORIGINS
• 5 CHESS LUMINARIES
• CHEATING AND CONTROVERS­Y
• HOUSEHOLD FIRST
• ROBOT UPRISING
• SHAPING THE WORLD’S CITIES
• FLOOR TO FLOOR
• NON-STOP ELEVATORS
• LAUNCHING AN INDUSTRY
• SILENT FILM
• Do insects feel pain?
• THEY SAY THAT FOR EVERY HUMAN YEAR A DOG HAS SEVEN. WHY IS THIS?
• WHY DOES WATER FLOW DOWN PLUGHOLES IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS?
• WHY DO WE HAVE EYEBROWS?
• WHY ARE WE TOLD NOT TO PUT WHOLE EGGS IN A MICROWAVE?
• Why are a duck’s feathers waterproof?
• WHO DECIDES WHICH BEE IS GOING TO BE THE QUEEN WITHIN A BEE COLONY?
• WILL THE ANIMALS AT THE BOT TOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN SOME DAY BECOME EXTINCT?
• How do biolumines­cent creatures produce light?
• How can animals survive in the deepest parts of the sea?
• I’ve heard there’s a plant that’s sensitive to touch; what is it called and how does it work?
• WHY DOES GIN LOOK BLUE IN CERTAIN LIGHTS?
• WHAT IS PINS AND NEEDLES?
• WHAT IS EARWAX?
• POWERED BY PLANTS
• SUPER ANIMALS: THE LOUDEST
• NEIL ARMSTRONG
• THE MILKY WAY SMELLS OF RUM AND RASPBERRIE­S
• QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
• DISCLAIMER
• SPACE TRAVEL DAMAGE
• SACRED SPECIES
• TREES TO BOOKS
• WE ASKED YOU

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