How It Works UK Magazine - Issue 179

In this issue

VOMIT COMET
How an aircraft can simulate antigravity.

FLY INSIDES
Explore a fruit fly’s tiny but vital organs.

DISASSEMBLY
This vehicle recycling line strips a car in 15 minutes..

Earth is getting hotter despite government pledges

Average global temperatures are rising at an ever faster rate despite pledges by world leaders to tackle climate change

2 mins

The world's most painful ant sting targets nerves like scorpion venom

Ants that inflict the world’s most painful stings do so by injecting venom that targets their victim’s nerve cells

1 min

An unearthed dinosaur could be a 'missing link'

Palaeontologists have unearthed a never-before-seen raptor-like dinosaur that lived during a period of extreme climate change around 100 million years ago

2 mins

'Reanimated' hearts can be successfully transplanted

A method for ‘reanimating’ organ donors’ hearts works just as well as the standard approach to collecting hearts for transplantation, new trial data shows. If widely applied, the method could increase the heart donor pool by an estimated 30 per cent

2 mins

A lung cancer pill drastically cuts the risk of death after surgery

A once-daily pill halved people’s risk of dying from a common lung cancer when they took the drug after tumour-removal surgery, new trial data shows

1 min

Hundreds of ancient, invisible structures discovered near our galaxy's centre

Astronomers have discovered hundreds of strange, string-like structures at the centre of our galaxy, possibly tracing the violent path of an ancient black hole eruption

2 mins

Fungi seem to 'sweat' to stay cool

Mushrooms, and possibly all fungi, have the ability to cool down by ‘sweating’ away water

2 mins

WHAT IF THERE WAS NO GRAVITY?

How this fundamental force controls the way things move on Earth and throughout the universe

9 mins

HOW DIALYSIS MACHINES WORK

These lifesaving devices take over the role of failing kidneys

3 mins

WHERE DOES YOUR POO GO?

Following the flush, your body’s waste undergoes a long journey as it’s prepped to return safely to the environment

2 mins

WHY WE NEED FLIES

They’re some of the strangest and most reviled insects on the planet, but they’re also incredibly useful

5 mins

INSECT INSPIRATION

Why flies have had an impact on science

2 mins

WHAT IS THE SMELL OF RAIN?

After rainfall, this distinctive aroma is released from the soil

1 min

HOW ARE CARS RECYCLED?

Step into one of the UK’s largest car recycling centres to discover the secrets of a vehicle disassembly line

5 mins

Galileo's GREATEST DISCOVERIES

Peer into the mind of this trailblazing astronomer and discover his pioneering observations

7 mins

WHY JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT IS VANISHING

Jupiter’s complex weather system is sapping its famous red spot at an alarming rate. And scientists predict the feature could vanish within our lifetimes

2 mins

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