Category: Science Facts

In countries where water is readily available to us, we can sometimes take it for granted. It has so many uses, either personally in our own homes, as part of most industrial processes … Read More

Trying to survive in the wild can be a tough game. Animals don’t always know when danger may leap out at them from the forest or from the air, so … Read More

As the soft, squishy, pink things you first encounter when you’re playing outside as a kid, worms appear extremely fragile. With a soft outer skin and little protection, when you first saw them bury … Read More

Travelling into space, a prospect which once seemed an almost impossibility, could one day be as simple as stepping into an elevator. The concept has been studied for decades, proposing … Read More

The human body operates best at a temperature of around 37 degrees Celsius. We can tolerate a change of a few degrees in either direction, but any more than that … Read More

Answered by Andy Extance for Brain Dump in How It Works issue 133. To feature in our Brain Dump section, send us your questions to howitworks@futurenet.com or message us on … Read More

When you think about Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, your mind may first turn to his famous thought experiment surrounding a poisoned cat in a box. However, as part of his contributions to quantum mechanics, he … Read More

Glaciers form in areas of snowfall where conditions are cold enough to allow snow to lie until it has frozen into ice. Ranging in size based on climate conditions and snowfall levels, many are … Read More

By the turn of the 20th century few places on Earth remained uncharted. Since the Age of Discovery humans had developed the means to cross oceans and explore continents in … Read More

This article was originally published in How It Works issue 135, written by Ailsa Harvey  For more science and technology articles, pick up the latest copy of How It Works … Read More