Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.
WELCOME • The magazine that feeds minds!
Meet the team…
Titanic views
Bone tissue
SpaceX launch lights up the night sky • The rocket illuminating the Californian sky in an otherworldly display of ghostly glowing cloud
First bioelectronic medicine revealed • The biodegradable implant uses electrical stimulation to speed up nerve recovery
Eight year old discovers pre-Viking sword
Genome editing cures mice
Limit global warming to 1.5°C, says IPCC • According to the latest findings, the previously agreed two-degree limit may not be strict enough to combat the impact of climate change
Suspected exomoon spotted
Construction of Europe’s exoplanet hunter begins • ESA’s Plato mission is set to study planets outside of our Solar System
Plato, Cheops and Ariel
Chimps share food • New study reveals that these apes only share food with their friends
Self-driving cars reach milestone
Ancient city gets older
New technique for Lyme disease diagnoses
Vodafone conducts first UK holographic phone call • Could the future of phone calls be holographic with the introduction of 5G?
OnSight takes home gold • The virtual reality software OnSight has won the 2018 Software of the Year Award from NASA
WISH LIST • The latest must-have technology
APPS & GAMES
LIFE AT THE EXTREME • From volcanic ocean vents to the tops of the Himalayas, extremophiles have found ways to conquer every corner of the planet
Extreme enzymes
Earth’s most extreme environments
The Grand Prismatic Spring • The striking colours in Yellowstone’s largest geyser are produced by different species of thermophile
Inspiring space exploration
ilt for survival • It might be simple, but the tardigrade’s tiny body is the perfect survival pod
Th ( indestructible water be
Life in the smoker • Hydrothermal vents found deep in the ocean are a surprising location for organisms to thrive
How wells work • Groundwater is an important source of fresh water for people all over the world
Wells, aquifers and groundwater • What underground water sources exist and how do we access them?
Building wells • There are three main ways to dig for water…
Earth in a bottle • Since the early 1990s Biosphere 2 has demonstrated the possibilities and shortfalls of creating a second home on Earth
Biosphere Big Brother
Building a biosphere • Discover how the Biosphere 2 sustained life within its walls
SMALL SCIENCE • How have microscopes revealed the tiny world around us?
Who invented the microscope?
FIVE THINGS SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THANKS TO MICROSCOPES
Big micro moments • Microscopes have come a long way
Meet the microscopes • These machines use different techniques to let us see some of the smallest objects in our universe
Super STEM UK • A laboratory in Daresbury hosts some of Europe’s most powerful microscopes
The Mesolens microscope
An interview with SuperSTEM’s Demie Kepaptsoglou
How much can you trust your brain? • Our decisions are not always our own thanks to the unconscious biases buried in our brains
The dangers of loud noises • How can high-volume sound cause hearing loss?
Inside the ear • What happens to our ears when we...