WELCOME

For the How It Works team and many of our

20 SPOOKY

Sitting at home, alone and in the dark, a sudden

THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS

DID YOU KNOW? Between 1692 and 1693, over 200 people

VAMPIRE PLANTS

DID YOU KNOW? The largest known parasitic plant is the

Earthquakes

Our planet isn’t the solid hunk of rock it appears

ALL ABOUT ALLERGIES

Our bodies are constantly reacting to their surroundings. When it

Why is Novichok so deadly?

Novichok nerve agents were developed in secret by the Soviet

INSIDE A CORONAVIRUS TEST LAB

At the beginning of lockdown, virologist Ben Galley and neuroscientist

MONSTER TRUCKS

The phenomenon of monster trucking is a relatively new one

SPOOKY SPACE PHENOMENA

This wispy outline, with its hooked nose and curved chin,

Aliens ON Venus?

As far as hospitable places for life go, Venus is

LIZARD FROM HELL

Looking into the devilish eyes of this cryptic creature, it’s

CHURCH OF SKULLS

Hidden deep in the heart of Milan is a small

Nuclear fusion reactors here by 2025

Aviable nuclear fusion reactor, one that spits out more energy

Physics Nobel Prize awarded for black hole discoveries

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three

Something ripped the skin off this star before it died

Agiant star died, blasting its guts into space. But before

Four lakes may be under Mars’ south pole

Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars

59 priest mummies and a god unearthed in Egypt

In the span of a month, the number of sealed

Fossils of Ice Age manatees discovered

Today’s manatees often summer off the coast of Texas and

‘Tired’ brain cells may distort your sense of time

Time in the brain doesn’t follow the steady ticking of

Early life on Earth may have breathed arsenic

Billions of years ago, long before oxygen was readily available,

Woman’s headache was actually a brain tapeworm

A young woman in Australia was found to have tapeworm

Hoover Dam construction

In the early 20th century, the lower region of the

Hovercraft

The ability of hovercraft to cross dry land as well

Inside an MRI scanner

The detail provided by MRI scanners enables doctors of all

BRAIN DUMP

At around four months old, babies will begin to roll

A History of the Universe in 21 Stars (and 3 imposters)

Did you know that when you look up at the

Skyscraper Manual

From Stone Age creations to modern-day Goliaths around the world,

The History of the World in 100 Animals

From the flea that almost wiped us out to the

Jessie the Jellyfish

Jessie’s friends have vanished from the ocean, causing her to

Space 2069

In 1969, humans first walked on the Moon. Now, halfway

Spot the difference

Q4 In what year was the first monster truck ‘Bigfoot’

HOW TO…

IF YOU’RE UNDER 18, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADULT

INBOX

There have been many great discoveries in recent years, especially

FAST FACTS

1976 THE WORLD’S FIRST MRI SCAN WAS OF A TUMOUR