How It Works UK
Pickleball-related eye injuries are on the rise
Eye injuries related to pickleball have increased at an “alarming rate” as the sport's popularity has exploded in the US, a new study finds.
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How It Works UK
Stalagmites adhere to a single mathematical rule
Stalagmites all adhere to a mathematical rule, scientists have discovered after creating equations showing how the dramatic mineral formations develop into different shapes.
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Issue 210
How It Works UK
1,400-YEAR-OLD HIEROGLYPHS REVEAL THE NAME OF A POWERFUL MAYA QUEEN
By deciphering inscriptions on centuries-old rocks, researchers have identified the name of a previously unknown Maya queen.
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How It Works UK
HOW IN-FLIGHT WI-FI WORKS
This technology allows you to scroll to your heart's content while killing time at cruise altitude
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How It Works UK
HOW GROWS
Why do we get hair on certain parts of our bodies, and can we get it back once it's gone?
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How It Works UK
When did we first cage dive with sharks?
The first purposely shark-proof cage was built in the mid-1960s by Rodney Fox, an Australian who had survived a violent shark attack just a few years earlier.
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How It Works UK
WHAT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT?
Defining the world's most dangerous sport isn't straightforward, largely due to a lack of statistics and reluctance among sport governing bodies to publicise injuries and deaths.
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How It Works UK
HOW FAST DO GLACIERS MOVE?
The speed at which a glacier flows depends on its mass, the depth and slope of the underlying rock bed and friction.
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How It Works UK
WILL IT BE A WHITE CHRISTMAS?
A single snowfall can make all the difference
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How It Works UK
HOW WIGWAMS WERE BUILT
Discover the construction and living conditions inside these traditional domed dwellings
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BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
When The Sky at Night joined Curious Cases for a special episode, George Dransfield was there to answer your burning questions. Here she dives deeper into her favourite
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
Forget Instagram – embrace the moment
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Students fix JWST's blurry vision
PhD researchers restore the telescope's ultra-precise imaging - without a spacewalk
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
10 Christmas crackers for your new telescope
So Santa brought you a telescope - what now? Stuart Atkinson sprinkles some cosmic sparkle, with 10 sights to see over one fabulous festive night - from glorious galaxies and planets to glittering star clusters
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A PLANETARY LIFE EXPERT
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus boasts water, heat and organics. Now scientists have discovered it has complex chemistry too. Could it prove to be habitable?
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
31/ATLAS: captured from other worlds
Mars orbiters repurposed to photograph elusive interstellar visitor
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How to photograph the Geminids
Dramatic meteor photos aren't just down to luck. We show you how to bag one
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
Take great photos of the Milky Way
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Did asteroids bring life to Earth?
Nick Spall examines the evidence that life on Earth came from outer space – and how close science is to proving it
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
10 years of reusable rockets
Ben Evans charts the rise of multi-flight spacecraft, the tech revolution that's transforming our access to space
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
On a Mission
This is an inspiring tribute to the trailblazing women who shaped NASA's human spaceflight programmes.
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Moon's split personality solved
Ancient heat imbalance may explain our Moon's two-faced appearance
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Smart scopes: from backyard to big science
Home-based stargazers are helping scientists crack some of the Universe's big mysteries - and you can join them. Charlotte Daniels shows us how
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Why do stars twinkle?
Find out how starlight that's steady in space seems to sparkle from Earth
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Make your dark nebulae shots shine
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Sky-Watcher StarQuest DX130P Newtonian reflector set
A quality set for beginners, delivering heaps of value for the price
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December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
QHY miniCAM8 monochrome camera bundle
Versatile, novice-friendly and well-priced – but loose connections let it down
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December 2025
BBC Science Focus
We finally know why men don't live as long as women, say scientists
Males that spend less energy on sex and more on raising their children tend to live longer
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November 2025
BBC Science Focus
60-year mystery of the fossil skull that baffled scientists may finally be solved
The Petralona skull was discovered in Greece in 1960, yet its origin has perplexed experts – until now
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November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Cleaner, greener fuels are coming to Formula 1. Here's what that means
The 2026 F1 championship will be raced using 'sustainable' fuels. But how much of a difference will it actually make to the sport's carbon footprint?
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