How It Works
“A lot of strange things happened there over the years to a lot of people”
Do you believe in ghosts? If you do, what do you think they are? And if you don’t, how do you explain the ghostly experiences that many have had over the years? This is our Halloween issue of How It Works, and we’re investigating the spooky world of...
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“What looked like a horsedrawn cart depended solely on a lead-acid battery for power”
In the future we might not all be lucky enough to have electric car charging robots, like in the picture above, but the fact this technology exists is a sign that fossil fuel vehicles are on their way out. After over 100 years of our dependency on oil...
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What’s at the EDGE OF SPACE?
Why scientists think the universe has no boundary, plus more amazing answers to space questions
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“It even has energy weapons”
We’ve got previous form with featuring military aircraft on the cover of How It Works, starting with the Eurofighter Typhoon in issue 1 and, more recently, the F-35 Lighting II in issue 130. But the sixthgeneration fighter jets in this issue are...
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“We don’t know what makes sleep restorative”
If humans didn’t need to sleep, how much more could you get done every day? Maybe you could use that time to learn to play an instrument or speak a new language, write a book, read more, hang out with friends (who don’t sleep either), binge-watch a...
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WHY DO WE FORGET?
INSIDE AN ESCALATOR HOW CAR BRAKES WORK WHAT IS LOVE? WHY SOME METALS RUST HOW MOUNT RUSHMORE WAS BUILT
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“It can often defy all our ideas of common sense”
Isaac Newton’s view of the world – space, time and gravity – was unquestionable scientific fact for around 250 years before Einstein’s special relativity came along and shook things up. And similar shock waves have since been sent through academia with...
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WELCOME
The Pantheon in Rome was built in 125 CE and is capped by the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. Yet despite our advances in construction techniques and materials in the subsequent 1,900 years, we had no idea what made ancient Roman concrete...
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“Many people don’t know it’s an organ communicating with your brain”
The fat that forms in di erent layers around our entire body is absolutely vital to our survival. From the moment we’re born, it helps regulate body temperature, is a source of energy in lean times and has a role in hormone production. Of course, too...
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“It’s expected that the first ‘AI antibiotics’ will emerge around 2030”
Antibiotics are one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. In the war against disease and potentially deadly infections, they’re arguably the most e ective treatment in medicine – or at least they were until bacteria and other bad bugs...
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