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AI HEARING AIDS EXPLAINED

Artificial intelligence is providing a world of clearer and cleverer sounds to the hearing impaired

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How It Works UK

Do you think we will ever be able to teleport people?

'Never' is a strong word, but it's highly unlikely that teleportation of a human being á la Star Trek will ever be possible, given our current understanding of quantum physics and the known laws of the universe.

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How It Works UK

What is the Encke Gap?

Saturn's beautiful rings are made up of countless individual ringlets, but the distribution of ringlets is not even, and there are several distinct gaps.

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How It Works UK

Astronomers discover a bizarre 'runaway' planet acting like a star

Astronomers have spotted a 'rogue' planet gobbling gas and dust at a record rate, and they can't explain its baffling behaviour.

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6-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica

Scientists have pulled a 6-million-year-old chunk of ice out of Antarctica, the oldest directly dated ice ever found, and it’s helping them reconstruct Earth’s ancient climate.

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How It Works UK

HOW THE MIGHTY MAMMOTH RULED THE ICE AGE

Meet the prehistoric giants that roamed the Arctic Circle thousands of years ago

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How It Works UK

20 WEARABLE HEALTH TRACKERS

Whether you strap a wellness coach to your wrist or weave subtle sensors into your clothes, these devices are revolutionising how we track our health

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How It Works UK

New eye implants and augmented-reality glasses help blind people read again

A surgically implanted chip and augmented-reality glasses are helping people who've lost sight read again.

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How It Works UK

Evidence for AND AGAINST

Over the years, several clues have suggested Martian life, while other indications are against it

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How It Works UK

Fabulous FESTIVE flora

Discover what makes these plants popular around Christmas time

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How It Works UK

THE HUNT FOR THE MISSING PLANET

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

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How It Works UK

ALL ABOUT BLIMPS

Is it a bird? Is it a spaceship? No... it's a non-rigid airship

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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

WILL IT BE A WHITE CHRISTMAS?

A single snowfall can make all the difference

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How It Works UK

Artificial muscle helps humanoid robots lift 4,000 times their own weight

Researchers in South Korea have built an artificial muscle that can lift around 4,000 times its own weight.

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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

HOW WIGWAMS WERE BUILT

Discover the construction and living conditions inside these traditional domed dwellings

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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.

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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

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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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

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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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

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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