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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 8

Unlock the wonders of the universe with How It Works Issue 221! 🌌🚀 From deep-space mysteries to futuristic tech, get ready for stunning diagrams, expert insights, and fascinating facts on every page 👇 magazinesdirect.com/uk/how-i… #scienceNews #curiosity #STEM

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It all started when a glass flask fell off a shelf and didn't shatter... 🧪💥 What began as a total accident transformed into one of the most vital features of modern security systems today. Read more 👇 apple.news/AVTvCx4B9TtupRjjY… #MaterialsScience #Engineering #SecurityTech

What makes bulletproof glass so tough?

in 1903, French chemist Édouard Bénédictus accidentally dropped a glass beaker that was coated in cellulose nitrate. Instead of shattering into pieces as it hit the floor, the beaker remained mostly i

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Ever wondered if your favourite sci-fi game tech could actually exist? 🎮 From electromagnetic railguns and quantum teleportation to advanced exosuits, real-world science is catching up to video games faster than you think. apple.news/AF5Jct4YMTny2Wfla… #VideoGames #GamingCommunity

Teleportation and invisibility cloaks aren’t just the stuff of video games: here’s how this...

In 2012, an international research team broke a world record by teleporting a photon state over 89 miles between two of the Canary islands.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 18

Cool Kitchen Chemistry Kit 🧪🍽️ Master molecular gastronomy with these cutting-edge culinary tools. Learn how spherification, siphons, and flavour chemistry are revolutionising modern dishes. 👇 apple.news/AmF3fQhFUR7e0xIeH… #KitchenChemistry #FoodScience

How to master molecular gastronomy, spherify and dehydrate your food with this cool kitchen...

For a trend that started in French laboratories before being popularised by Heston Blumenthal, molecular cuisine is surprisingly simple.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 17

Shared seats, zero privacy, and a communal sponge... 🧽🏛️ Bathroom breaks 2,000 years ago were a surprisingly social affair. Discover the wild reality of ancient Roman sanitation! Read more 👇 apple.news/AMRTqPobXSJ289BGz… #AncientRome #HistoryFacts #Archaeology

Would you share toilet paper and sit next to a stranger on the toilet? Here’s how the ancient...

Not only did they share a room, in some toilets they shared a sponge. This was called the tersorium, and was the Roman equivalent of toilet paper.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 16

#Win a 15-Panel Nanoleaf Smart Light Kit worth £229.99! 💡✨ Level up your home lighting with customisable colours, music sync, and touch capability: how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #Giveaway #SmartHome

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 16

Financial markets rely on speed, data, and access. But how did we get here? 📊 From physical ledger books to modern personal computers, explore how technology unlocked global market access and changed trading history. Read more 👇 apple.news/AZWnktcuyRi2V3gFg… #Finance #StockMarket

How the stock market worked before computers and the internet changed everything

Brokers shouting across trading floors were replaced with computerised order matching and electronic trading systems, and the first fully electronic stock exchange.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 12

Think you know extreme heat, record rainfall, and wild weather phenomena? ⛈️☀️🌪️ Test your knowledge in the ultimate Record-breaking Weather Quiz. Can you score a perfect 10/10? 🧠🌡️ Take the quiz here 👇 how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #ExtremeWeather #Science #Facts

Record-breaking Weather Quiz – How It Works

Quizzes – Cyclones, snowstorms and record heatwaves. Prove you know the planet's craziest stats– How It Works

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 9

Decades after its first flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon remains one of the most lethal air superiority fighters on the planet 🛩️ Step inside the cockpit to see why this iconic jet still rules modern aerial warfare: apple.news/AORX-sdHZT_WhjsXn… #F16 #Aviation #MilitaryTech

Why the F-16 Is Still Flying Today on Ukraine’s Front Line

It’s a battle-hardened, missile-launching beast that’s been ruling the skies since the 1970s. As the world’s most popular fixed-wing military aircraft, it’s a busy bit of kit: over 3,000 now operate...

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 8

Deep beneath the ocean floor lie blue holes—massive underwater sinkholes preserving ancient secrets. 🌊💀 apple.news/AH4kTaTciSeithnRP… #OceanExploration #MarineBiology #Archaeology #DeepSea

They explored the World’s Deepest Blue Hole. Here’s What They Found

The fossils are the best preserved of any ever found in the Bahamas thanks to their location in a deep layer of the sinkhole with little oxygen.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 8

Think of hormones as your body’s chemical internet—controlling metabolism, mood, and growth 24/7. 🧠🩸 Here’s how the endocrine system really works: how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #Endocrinology #Science

The Tiny Brain Gland That Controls Your Life

Without the endocrine system creating and secreting the many hormones that enter our bloodstream and ordering our organs and tissues to behave in a particular way, we wouldn’t be the fascinating and...

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 7

Think solving a Rubik’s Cube is impossible? It’s actually just a 6-step algorithm anyone can master. 🧩✨ Stop randomly twisting and learn the exact sequence to solve the classic 3x3 puzzle from start to finish: how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #RubiksCube #LifeHacks #BrainGames

How you can Solve a Rubik‘s Cube in just six steps

Being able to solve a Rubik’s Cube doesn’t just give you bragging rights. It provides the brain with a mental workout, improving your memory and problem-solving skills.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 7

The real Atlantis? In 373 BCE, a massive disaster erased the Greek city of Helike overnight. 🏛️⚡ Read the story 👇 apple.news/A56N6ubVAQcKLnoIQ… #AncientHistory #Archaeology #HistoryUncovered

This natural disaster buried the real ancient city of Atlantis

However, the plain on which the city was founded was also dangerously close to active faults, resulting in frequent seismic activity that threatened its stability and infrastructure.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 6

Floating silently just beneath the surface, sea mines remain one of the most dangerous weapons in naval warfare. 🌊⚓ Discover how these hidden threats work and how modern navies detect and neutralise them: how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #SeaMines #NavalWarfare #MilitaryTech

Iran's Seabed Explosives Explained: How underwater explosives are deployed and detonated

This continued for the first few weeks of August, with thousands of mines exploding. The Sun was found to be the culprit, triggering the sea mines as it produced solar flares.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagOct 6

How does Alzheimer’s actually change the brain? 🧠 Beyond memory loss, this degenerative disease physically shrinks brain cells. Read our breakdown on what happens and how treatments are working to slow it down: apple.news/Ak_ktZ_yLTPWlkBAo… #Neurology #MedicalScience #Alzheimers

How Alzheimer’s gradually damages brain cells — and how it’s treated today

Alzheimer’s disease affects the memory portions of the brain, such as the hippocampus, then progresses through the cerebral cortex to disrupt language, reasoning and social behaviour.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagSep 27

At 133 feet long and 500 tonnes, the Big Boy 4014 isn't just a train—it weighs more than a fully loaded Boeing 747 airliner. 🚂💥 Go inside the world's largest operating steam locomotive: apple.news/AVCz_FOQ_QbC1w9M2… #TrainGeek #EngineeringMarvel #SteamLocomotive

This Steam Locomotive Was Heavier Than a Fully Loaded Boeing 747

The sheer size of the locomotives meant that they were awe-inspiring from the outset. When the engines were being built, one of the workers took chalk and wrote ‘Big Boy’ on one of them. This stuck.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagSep 26

What we put into the air doesn't just disappear—it reshapes entire ecosystems, damages human health, and alters our climate. 🫁🌱 Uncover the microscopic particles silently driving a global crisis: apple.news/At5x0Z7KoRMKeFXQK… #AirPollution #Environment #CleanAir #ClimateAction

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans lives in a polluted-air zone. What does that mean for your health?

“The health effects of these pollutants occur in urban areas outside the mega-cities,” says professor Bell, “In the US alone, over 100 million people live in areas that exceed health standards for...

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagSep 25

It may have looked like a purple lunchbox, but the GameCube was secretly a powerhouse. 🕹️💜 While the PS2 and Xbox dominated sales, Nintendo played a clever long game with the GameCube’s internal hardware and architecture. how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #GameCube #Nintendo #RetroGaming

What’s Actually Inside a Nintendo GameCube that made it better than Xbox or Playstation?

That encapsulated the ‘Nintendo Difference’ - the company had a legion of fawning fans and was a respected pioneer of video game hardware. Nintendo also had a reputation for doing things its own way.

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagSep 24

Some ancient objects tell us how our ancestors lived. Others leave us completely baffled. 🤔 Check out these 10 mysterious artefacts that archaeologists still can’t fully explain. 🏺✨ Read now👇 how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #History #Archaeology

10 Mysterious Ancient Artefacts that still have Historians Stumped

The hammer was encased in 100-million-year-old Cretaceous rock. How could a human-made tool be entombed in rock that covered Earth long before humans even existed?

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How It Works@HowItWorksmagSep 21

Sudden dizziness, intense ear ringing, and lasting brain injury—with no physical trace of an attack First reported by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Cuba in 2016, "Havana Syndrome" remains one of the modern era's most baffling medical mysteries👇 how-it-works-magazine.visitl… #Health

What is Havana syndrome? The mysterious illness first reported by US government officials in 2016

“The symptoms of this curious condition followed a loud noise and then intense pain in the ears and head… It’s plausible that the illness may have been caused by ‘directed pulsed radio frequency...

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