How It Works - 14 Aug 2025

Table of content - How It Works (14 Aug 2025)

Finding the TITANIC
HOW DINOSAURS BECAME BIRDS
TRUMP’S $400M ‘FLYING PALACE’
WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL LASER
WHY WE STUDY SPACE DUST
WHY CAN’T ENERGY BE DESTROYED?
WIN A MOBILE GAME CONTROLLER
WHAT’S INSIDE AN XBOX ONE?
IS YOUR SMOKE ALARM RADIOACTIVE?
WORLD SPACE AGENCIES WHAT IS OZEMPIC? EPIDURALS EXPLAINED
“The Navy never expected me to find the Titanic… they got really nervous because of the publicity”
Finding the Titanic
$400M JET
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TITANIC TOUR
TAKING FLIGHT
World’s biggest space agencies
The world’s most powerful lasers
Inside Trump’s ‘palace in the sky’
Discovering the Titanic
Tracking sea monsters
Energy explained
How dinosaurs became birds
Neanderthal inventions
Why are smoke detectors radioactive?
Backyard power stations
Why we study space dust
What’s inside… an Xbox One?
How snails build a shell
What causes power cuts?
What are epidurals?
What is Ozempic?
Brain gym
Global eye
BRAINDUMP
How to…
Wish list
Letters
Book reviews
Fast facts
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Birdy bedhead
Birdy bedhead
ROAD TO THE STARS
ROAD TO THE STARS
RAISING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
RAISING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
CLINGING TO MUCUS
CLINGING TO MUCUS
The world’s dams hold so much water they’ve shifted Earth’s poles
PLANET EARTH
Scientists transform urine into material fit for medical implants
ANIMALS
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Severed bow of US warship finally found in the South Pacific
SALLY RIDE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION SELLS FOR OVER £100,000
Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe
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Europe tests its largest ever Mars parachute above the Arctic
JAPAN SETS A NEW INTERNET SPEED RECORD
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SPACE First-ever evidence of stellar ‘double detonation’ captured
World’s first planned migration of an entire nation
1,600-year-old tomb of Maya city’s first ruler unearthed in Belize
SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO BUILD A MOON BASE BY 2045
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THINKPAD T14S 2-IN-1
LIFEPACK BACKPACK
SUPERNOTE A5 X2 MANTA
MELOMANIA P100
CANON MAXIFY BX110
SKYLIGHT CALENDAR
DISCOVERING THE TITANIC
DISCOVERING THE TITANIC
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RAISING THE ‘BIG PIECE’
SHIPWRECK HUNTERS
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FINAL RESTING PLACE
TITANIC TOUR
TITANIC TOUR
5 FACTS
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RAISING THE WRECKAGE
FATAL EXPEDITION
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NEANDERTHAL INVENTIONS
NEANDERTHAL INVENTIONS
THE FIRST FASHIONISTAS?
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Did you know?
PREHISTORIC TOOLBOX
SWISS ARMY KNIFE
THE GLUE FACTORY
SWISS ARMY KNIFE
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INSIDE TRUMP’S ‘PALACE IN THE SKY’
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747-8 VERSUS 747-200
5 FACTS
INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S NEW JET
INSIDE TRUMP’S ‘PALACE IN THE SKY’
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ENERGY EXPLAINED
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DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY
HEAT AND TEMPERATURE
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CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
THERMAL RADIATION
THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE
5 FACTS
DID YOU KNOW?
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WHAT ARE EPIDURALS?
EPIDURAL VERSUS SPINAL BLOCK
TWO DIFFERENT EPIDURAL TYPES
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WHAT IS OZEMPIC?
INJECTION AND EFFECT
IS IT A WEIGHT LOSS DRUG?
TRACKING SEA MONSTERS
TRACKING SEA MONSTERS
DID YOU KNOW?
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UP CLOSE WITH WHALE SHARKS
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BARCODE RECOGNITION FOR ZEBRAS
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HOW DINOSAURS BECAME BIRDS
WONDERCHICKEN: ASTERIORNIS MAASTRICHTENSIS
HOW DID BIRDS SURVIVE THE ASTEROID?
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TAKING FLIGHT
THE FIRST FEATHERED FOSSILS
4 MODERN BIRD (66 MILLION YEARS AGO TO TODAY)
3 ARCHAEOPTERYX (150 MILLION YEARS AGO)
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TAKING FLIGHT
DINOSAUR REMNANTS
2 MANIRAPTORA (16 TO 70 MILLION YEARS AGO)
1 THEROPODS (230 TO 65 MILLION YEARS AGO)
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HOW SNAILS BUILD A SHELL
IRON CLAD
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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HOW SNAILS BUILD A SHELL
ARE SLUGS JUST HOMELESS SNAILS?
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THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL LASERS
DIFFERENT TYPES
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MOST POWERFUL IN THE US
THE MIGHTY ZEUS
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RESEARCH EVOLUTION
VULCAN 20-20
UTILISING SOUND
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BLACK HOLE SIMULATOR
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BLACK HOLE SIMULATOR
YOUTUBE INVENTION
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BACKYARD POWER STATIONS
BACKYARD POWER STATIONS
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THE COMMUNITY SOLUTION TO POWER STORAGE
THE TROUBLE WITH SOLAR PANELS
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO GENERATE ENERGY AT HOME
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WHY ARE SMOKE DETECTORS RADIOACTIVE?
ION DETECTIVES
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BREAKING THE FLOW
SMOKE REFLECTION
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LIGHT-POWERED PROTECTION
ONE TO RULE THEM ALL
AN XBOX ONE?
AN XBOX ONE?
KEY TECH
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FAILURE TO SUPPLY
WHAT CAUSES POWER CUTS?
5 FACTS
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WORLD’S BIGGEST SPACE AGENCIES
LUNAR TOUCHDOWN
WORLD’S BIGGEST SPACE AGENCIES
FIRST HUMANS IN SPACE
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A SMOOTH LANDING
STUDYING THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
FIRST COMET LANDING
3D-PRINTED ROCKET LAUNCH
HOPE PROBE SUCCESS
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
A ROBOTIC HELPING HAND
SATELLITE SWARMS
KIBŌ CREATORS
THE FIRST ASTEROID SAMPLE
NEW BEGINNINGS
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WHY WE STUDY SPACE DUST
COSMIC SAMPLING
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WHY WE STUDY SPACE DUST
SPACE DUST AND THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
WHAT’S THE MOON MADE OF?
COSMIC SAMPLING
200 MILLION MILES
110 KILOGRAMS
SEVEN YEARS
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25,000 MILES PER HOUR
0.05%
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What are the physics involved in bungee jumping?
HOW DO UNDERWATER PLANTS DIFFER FROM THE PLANTS ON LAND?
Why do some flights take less time in one direction than the other?
ARE BRITISH RED SQUIRRELS STARTING TO RECOVER?
HOW IS DENIM MADE?
WHAT IS THE RAREST EYE COLOUR?
WHAT’S AN ASTRONAUT’S STARTING SALARY?
How do lava lamps work?
WHEN WAS VALENTINE’S DAY FIRST CELEBRATED?
WHAT WAS THE HIGHEST EVER TRIP IN A HOT-AIR BALLOON?
WHAT’S THE LONGEST STORM EVER RECORDED ON EARTH?
Would anything be different on Earth if we had two moons?
WHY DO SOME INSECTS HAVE SUCH SHORT LIVES?
Why are we still sending probes to Mars?
DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE ADDICTIVE PERSONALITIES?
DO DEAD STARS STILL SHINE IN THE SKY?
Who invented the zip wire?
WHAT IS LITMUS PAPER?
DO GOLDFISH REALLY HAVE TERRIBLE MEMORIES?
WHAT IS THE STRONGEST MAMMAL IN THE WORLD?
SUPA NOVA
SUPER BOOK OF GEMS
WANDA HEARS THE STARS
THE FACTFINDERS OCEAN
BUST OR TRUST
Word search
Sudoku
What is it?
QUICKFIRE QUESTIONS
Answers
Spot the difference
MAKE DIRTY COINS SHINY
KIT LIST Dirty pennies or rusty nails
SUMMARY
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