FAST FACTS

WELCOME

You’re in good company if you’ve ever dreamed of stumbling

DIGGING FOR DINOSAURS

How do you look for something that you aren’t yet

How Venice was built

Despite Venice being frequently voted the world’s most beautiful city,

40 years of the London Marathon

The London Marathon attracts a diverse group of athletes, from

INVASION OF THE PESTS

In the natural world, insects play a vital role in

Hippo jaws

A hippo may open its mouth wide as a sign

THE POWER OF MAGNETISM

Magnetism is the force of nature responsible not only for

Human respiration

The primary organs used for respiration in humans are the

Charge your gadgets, heat your home and even get paid for generating your own electricity

Renewable forms of power generation are becoming more and more

Gold mining

Gold has been sought after worldwide for centuries due to

Electrical plugs and wall sockets

Electrical plugs provide users with a physical, easy-tohandle plastic connector

THE ROAD TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES

In today’s world we always have somewhere to be, and

How a coronavirus test site works

People in the armed forces are used to serving their

10 MILESTONES OF SPACE FLIGHT

When SpaceX launched its Dragon capsule into orbit earlier this

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Born in 1910 in Lahore in the Punjab province of

What are comets made of?

They’re known as cosmic snowballs, but rather than compacted snowflakes,

Antarctica’s many meteorites

What can Earth’s frozen south tell us about worlds beyond

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Found burning in the barren wasteland of the desert of

A supernova sparked mass extinction 359 million years ago

A global extinction event that occurred around 359 million years

Stone forests formation shown with rock candy

The stunning, razor-sharp spires of stone forests can form in

3,200-megapixel camera snaps record-breaking first photos

The camera core for the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Scientists discover the fastest melting spot in East Antarctica

Researchers have discovered a deep underwater trough in Antarctica that

Teen swallows a pin and pierces his heart

When a teen unknowingly swallowed a small sewing pin while

Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth

A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth’s atmosphere in

Dr Seuss beast survived Triassic era by taking naps

Some 250 million years ago, a Seussian-looking beast with clawed

Africa declared free of wild poliovirus

Africa is free of wild poliovirus after decades of vaccination

New images show our Sun’s magnetic field structure

German scientists have upgraded a solar telescope called GREGOR at

WISH LIST

Cast your eye towards the Moon’s craters and Saturn’s rings

BRAIN DUMP

◼ The Sun won’t explode when it eventually dies -

The Funny Life of Sharks

If you can laugh at the object of your fear,

Look Up

Throughout human history, our relationship with space has been one

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

The human brain is the only organ in our body

Saturn’s Moon Titan Owners’ Workshop Manual

Titan may be a moon, but as this book will

The Remarkable Life of the Skin

You might think you know your own skin pretty well

How to make a cloud in a jar

For this experiment you will need a glass jar with

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