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The spies in the sky watching you right now revealed in How It Works 83
The latest military tech makes it easier than ever for intelligence agencies to keep an eye on us from above. From sky-borne sub hunters like the Boeing Poseidon P-8, to intelligence gathering planes...
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Win a smart home security system work £230 with the How It Works Issue 83 quiz
Piper is a smart home security system with no required monthly fees. It combines motion and sound detection with sensor information, both from built-in environmental sensors and wireless accessories...
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NASA’s twin study: Scott Kelly’s year-long mission is coming to an end
On 27 March 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly voluntarily voyaged into space on a unique one-year mission for NASA, which is due to come to an end on 1 March 2016. His identical twin brother Mark, a retired...
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Can we bring mammoths back to life?
The idea of bringing long lost animals back from the dead might sound like a far off dream, but advances in genetic engineering are bringing de-extinction closer to reality. At the TEDxDeExtinction...
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Jumping sundogs: A weird weather phenomenon
If you’ve ever seen what appear to be three bright Suns lined up neatly on the horizon, then you’ve probably witnessed sundogs. This rare phenomenon occurs when hexagonal ice crystals in the air align...
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Brain Games: Award-winning series unlocks the secrets of your mind
Can you trust your own brain? Hit TV show Brain Games reveals the truth, using a series of mind-blowing hidden camera social experiments to reveal how we each perceive the world in different ways....
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Victorian seances debunked: The secrets of speaking to the dead
Victorian seanceAcross North America and Western Europe, the 19th century was one of seemingly irreconcilable contrasts. Engineering and science were ascendant, but the Victorian era was as much a...
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New Book of the Elements on sale now
In the How It Works Book of the Elements, we introduce you to the basics of elements and compounds, as well as taking a more in-depth look at the history of key discoveries. Every known element on the...
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Voyager’s Golden Record: Interpreting NASA’s message for alien life
When NASA sent out its Voyager spacecraft, it included a record on each probe as an example of life on Earth. Made of gold-plated copper, the record was designed in 1977 by a committee chaired by Carl...
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What would happen if we blew up the Moon?
The year is 2113. Humanity has spent the last 100 years stockpiling nuclear warheads. And not just a few – 600 billion of the largest, biggest, deadliest warheads they can build. Sort of like the...
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