30 AMAZING ANSWERS TO THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN THE UNIVERSE

WELCOME

Issue 165 “This isn’t the end for all

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS

JO ELPHICK Jo is an academic lawyer and

Mutually beneficial

© Getty This is a Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion

Galactic merger

© NASA, ESA, STScI, Julianne Dalcanton (Center for

Release the pollen

© Getty This shows the point at which

Watercolour lagoons

© NASA/JSC The waters surrounding the port town

Distant ‘galaxy’ revealed to be a massive pulsar

GLOBAL EYE Showcasing the incredible world we live

COSMIC ANGEL WINGS EMERGE FROM VIOLENT GALACTIC COLLISION

The two merging galaxies in the VV689 system,

1,100-year-old ‘altar of skulls’ found in Mexico

The grisly discovery of about 150 human skulls

Large Hadron Collider breaks new record

After a three-year shutdown, the LHC is once

CANADA MAKES MOON CRIMES ILLEGAL

A new legal measure makes space crime illegal

Stonehenge was an ancient hunting hotspot

Stonehenge was a hunting hotspot for huntergatherers long

VENOMOUS WORM GROWS DEADLY COPPER FANGS

A bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth

Man’s rash caused by worms under his skin

The man was infected with a type of

Extinction threatens one in five reptile species

More than one-fifth of reptile species across the

Underwater Antarctic volcano triggers 85,000 earthquakes

A long-dormant underwater volcano near Antarctica has woken

Millipede species named after Taylor Swift

Scientists found the Nannaria swiftae millipede in Van

JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE REACHES ‘PERFECT ’ ALIGNMENT

The Large Magellanic Cloud, as seen by NASA’s

WISH LIST

FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE

Why does the sky look red at sunrise and sunset?

Amazing answers to your curious questions

THE LIBRARY

The latest book releases for curious minds

GROW BACTERIA IN A HOMEMADE PETRI DISH

This experiment can be done at home with a few simple ingredients

INBOX Speak your mind

THE BIOLOGY OF SKIN Dear HIW, How much

FAST FACTS

Amazing trivia that will blow your mind

HOW TO REUSE A ROCKET

A new generation of spaceflight is making single-use rockets a thing of the past

CAN WE CREATE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY?

Discover the technology that could provide more natural spacecraft environments for future space exploration missions and space tourism

INSIDE A MEDIEVAL CASTLE

Discover the different types of castles that developed across the Middle Ages and how they were used

WHAT IS A GUILLOTINE?

Incredibly, this execution device was designed by someone who was against the death penalty

POLLINATORS

Meet the many species that keep gardens across the globe blooming

HOW BEAVERS CONSTRUCT DAMS

WELCOME TO THE SCRAPYARD

How specialised scrapping machines break, crush and melt old vehicles, returning them to raw materials

THE FASTEST SHOES IN THE WORLD

How do carbon-plate running shoes reduce athletes’ times?

COOL CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES

These gadgets and tools could help undo our damaging emissions

INDUSTRIAL-SCALE CAPTURE

Orca is a huge carbon capture plant operating near Reykjavik, Iceland

OCEAN REMOVAL

This concept imitates the natural carbon capture process in shell and rock formation to remove dissolved CO 2 from Earth’s oceans

GLOBAL PROJECTS

How are scientists around the world working to solve the carbon problem?

WHAT ARE NFTS?

Non-fungible tokens are creating a unique digital marketplace for artists and buyers

STEROIDS: NATURAL, MEDICINAL AND ILLEGAL

Meet the small chemical messengers that govern our mood, determine our growth and maintain the balance of nutrients within our bodies

WHAT MAKES CHILLI PEPPERS SPICY?

Meet the tasty chemical compounds that pull sweat from foreheads, force tears from eyes and make tongues feel like they’re on fire

HOW IS HAIR TRANSPL ANTED?

This technique allows surgeons to use healthy hair to regrow hairs that were lost