WELCOME

From the comfort of our homes, behind a television set,

HURRICANE POWER

If the weather symbolised its emotions, Earth would have some

RISE OF THE MARSUPIALS

Australia is no stranger to the weirder side of evolution,

What is a petrified forest?

Baking in the Arizona sunshine is a forest frozen in

Octopuses

Octopuses are sort of like the superheroes of the animal

Battle of the NEXT-GEN CONSOLES

Over the past 25 years Sony and Microsoft have pushed

How is chocolate made?

Chocolate production begins at the cocoa tree, where cocoa pods

Mummies unwrapped

Mummification was an embalming process undertaken by the ancient Egyptians

Tudor houses

Tudor houses were built following a half-timbered design. First stone

HOW GLASS IS MADE

It’s usually encountered as a transparent pane, so it is

How anaesthesia works

Anaesthetics are a form of drug widely used to prevent

HIGH-TECH ROADS OF THE FUTURE

What is a smart road? As our cars become more

How wingsuits work

The human body is built to match our physical needs,

SPACE JUNK

Since the launch of Sputnik 1, the first satellite to

NASA’s Viking program

NASA’s Viking program was the first mission to return numerous

MARINE HIDE AND SEEK

This isn’t the first place you would look for a

INSIDE A DEAD STAR

Around 6,500 light years away in the constellation of Taurus

Mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ detected close to Earth

With over 14 million global monthly users, Live Science makes

Fungus turns cicadas into zombie slaves

Male cicadas infected by a particularly gruesome parasitic fungus become

First underwater methane leak discovered near Antarctica

Just below the freezing Antarctic ice shelves, researchers have discovered

Sly fox steals 100 shoes

In Berlin a local fox was exposed as the culprit

Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic

On frosty Ellesmere Island, where Arctic Canada butts up against

Ancient owl with ‘murder feet’ unearthed

A 55-million-year-old owl fossil with so-called ‘murder feet’ has recently

Space travel sunblock could be made from skin pigments

Explorers on the Moon or Mars may one day shield

Aztec emperor’s final resting place found

The remains of an Aztec palace where emperor Moctezuma II

WISH LIST

With a 65-kilometre range on a seven-hour charge, the Gocycle

BRAIN DUMP

■ A long time! Alpha Centauri is the closest star

The Big Book of Mars

Marc Hartzman’s latest literary work could be described as a

Pocket Einstein

Yet another triumph in the Pocket Einstein series, this pocket-sized

Gems

Flicking through this almost-encyclopedic book of precious and semi-precious stones,

What Cats Want

Have you ever found yourself looking at a cat and

This is Your Brain on Stereotypes

The world needs diversity, but how are we programmed to

How to make a tea light turbine

YOU WILL NEED: Foil Scissors Plasticine A skewer A tea

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