How It Works UK
HOW WIGWAMS WERE BUILT
Discover the construction and living conditions inside these traditional domed dwellings
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Issue 210
How It Works UK
NASA'S SUPERSONIC 'FLYING SWORDFISH' MAKES HISTORY WITH ITS FIRST TEST FLIGHT
NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental X-59 aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time, making history as the first supersonic aircraft designed to make a soft 'thump' instead of thunderous sonic booms.
1 min |
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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Issue 210
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.
2 min |
Issue 210
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.
1 min |
Issue 210
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.
1 min |
Issue 210
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.
1 min |
Issue 210
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?
4 min |
Issue 210
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
31/ATLAS: captured from other worlds
Mars orbiters repurposed to photograph elusive interstellar visitor
2 min |
December 2025
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
3 min |
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
3 min |
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
6 min |
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
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
Forget Instagram – embrace the moment
2 min |
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
7 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
Take great photos of the Milky Way
3 min |
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?
3 min |
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
1 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Moon's split personality solved
Ancient heat imbalance may explain our Moon's two-faced appearance
2 min |
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
6 min |
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
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Make your dark nebulae shots shine
3 min |
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
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
QHY miniCAM8 monochrome camera bundle
Versatile, novice-friendly and well-priced – but loose connections let it down
2 min |
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.
1 min |
December 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHICH VAPE FLAVOUR IS WORSE FOR YOU?
If you're trying to quit smoking, you'll have probably heard talk that switching to e-cigarettes - or vapes - is a healthier option. One study by researchers at University College London estimated that in 2017 alone, over 50,000 people stopped smoking thanks to their use of e-cigarettes.
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
PASS THE PLASTIC
All of us are ingesting microplastics. Could dietary fibre help us get it out?
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
'Ageing atlas' reveals how time reshapes our genes
Scientists are building the clearest picture yet of how we age - right down to our cells and DNA
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Can't see the coral for the trees
This may look like the sort of fantasy forest you might get lost in during a dream, but it's very much real. That said, it's neither a forest, nor big enough for you to explore. And that's because the surreal structures you see here aren't trees. They're coral.
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
Surf's up
These distinctive clouds are named after the two physicists - William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and Hermann von Helmholtz - who studied the phenomenon that forms them. The peculiar wavelike shape of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds is caused by two layers of the atmosphere moving at different speeds above and below the cloud layer.
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