How It Works 2015 №78

Imagine Publishing Ltd., 2015. — 100 p. — ASIN: B00AVCRAB4A worldwide phenomenon, How it Works’ expert explanations, dynamic cutaways and breathtaking images provide fuel for imaginations across all ages, helping its eager audience to understand and explore the wonders of the modern world, and making complex topics into accessible entertainment. How it Works stands for clarity, authority, intelligence and knowledge, which is why the brand is successful worldwide in all its forms – print, digital and online.From supervolcanoes and nuclear winters to asteroid impacts and the death of the Sun, there are many theories about how human existence on Earth could come to an end. In Issue 78 of How It Works magazine, we examine some of the most catastrophic apocalyptic events that could be on the horizon to work out which blockbuster movie may have got it right.Also inside…
Next-gen human body: The amazing tech to make you fitter, stronger and live longer
The science of anger: How does this primal emotion override our normal thought processes?
Baking bread: How chemistry and biology help to make the perfect loaf
Large Hadron Collider 2.0: The upgrades and discoveries of the most powerful particle smasher on the planet
How do fireworks make shapes? The chemistry behind the spectacular patterns in the sky
Real-life zombie animals: Learn about the parasites that can turn animals into living-dead puppets
Crime fighting tech: The cool cop gadgets that are waging a war on villainy
Household plumbing: Find out how a complex system of pipes takes water in an out of your home
GoPro HERO4 Session teardown: Take a look inside the smallest and lightest action camera yet
Road car to racecar: How normal, road-going cars are transformed into racetrack titans
Solar powered cars: Inspired by post-apocolyptic movies, the Immortus can drive on sunshine alone
Panama Canal: How this engineering marvel is getting a long-overdue upgrade
Curiosity’s greatest discoveries: The most sophisticated rover sent to another planet has found that Mars was once habitable
Space salad: How to grow vegetables that are out of this world
Meteorological satellites: The spacecraft keeping a watchful eye on Earth to help us predict the weather
Mesopotamia – the creators of civilisation: Discover how society as we know it began in a small region of modern day Iraq
The drones of World War II: How UAVs first took to the skies over 70 years ago
Global Eye: Discover how gecko-inspired robots can help out in space and meet the sleeping beauty fish that can nap for years
Wish List: Our round up of the best gadgets that can monitor your health
How To: Learn how to build a nuclear shelter and make a model heart chamber
Brain Dump: Your curious science questions answered, including why do bees die after they sting you? And who decides which emojis are made?
Plus, much, much more!