As part of The Royal Societies' 350th anniversary, never-before-seen, super close up colour images of tiny sea creatures are going on display at London Zoo. The amazing images of these creatures are to feature in a book by Royal Society Research Fellow Dr Richard Kirby of the University of Plymouth.
The full range of Dr Kirby's photographs will go on display from the 16th of February till the end of the year.
Plankton are crucial to the ocean and ...
Those with beady eyes might have noticed that the iPad, during Steve Job's much-hyped unveiling last week, was displaying an interesting glimpse into its future. For those who missed this, take a look at the below image.
Can you see it now? That's right, right in the centre of the top bezel is a camera sized shadow. Ok, so its not incredibly obvious but, when do you ever notice the sensors ...
Check out this video from National Geographic in which a liger supercat has been engineered by mating a male lion with a female tiger.
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At 900 lbs, supercat Sinbad dwarfs the mighty Bengal Tiger's average weight of 520 lbs, a full 380 lbs heavier. In fact, at 900 lbs, Sinbad weighs roughly the same as both his father and mother combined!
Despite a liger's obvious physical dominance, they only exist in captivity as tigers and lions would never voluntarily mate in ...
We all know how Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the House of Lords in 1605 was foiled at the last minute, sentencing him to a brutal death, and the creation of the annual event of Bonfire Night. However, the actual practicality and possibility of his gunpowder to destroy the building and kill the assembled King and Lords has been much debated since as, when inspected post discovery, the gunpowder was found to be of poor quality and the wooden ...
Here it is, your complimentary teaser of the latest issue of How It Works magazine.
Learn about the amazing journey your food makes through your body in our feature about human digestion.
Take a trip around the world's largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas.
Journey to the centre of the Earth with us as we discover what's inside this planet of ...
Ever gone Ten-Pin bowling? Well if you have, you may have wondered how the shiny, heavy, and often flying into the gutter bowling balls are made. If so, then check out this handy video that charts the multiple steps needed for modern ball production.
Bowling has been a popular past-time of humans for thousands of years, something demonstrated in 1930 by anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie, who with ...
Check out this video demonstrating a new iPhone controlled quadricopter from tech wizards Parrot.
For more information about the Parrot AR.Drone, including an interview with one of its designers, look out for issue five of How It Works.
This video acts as a basic introduction to how NASA's Ares 1 launch system will carry Orion crew exploration vehicles into space.
The Ares 1 and Orion are part of NASA's Constellation program, which upon the termination of its outgoing Space Shuttle fleet (currently scheduled for September 2010), will take over as the main spacecraft for human spaceflight. The Ares 1-X, which can be seen modeled ...
For life to prosper water is a fundamental necessity, but if so, how did the the ancient Maya build such a massive empire without a river to draw water from? This, the first of five videos from the BBC documentary Secrets of the Mayan Underworld, demonstrates how through a series of underground, water-filled caves that run under the majority of the Yucatan, the Mayan Underworld – contrary to their belief that it was a realm of spirits – was actually the ...
Take a look at this handy video detailing the multiple stages the Egyptians undertook when mummifying their deceased.
While made famous by the ancient Egyptians, mummification is a process not just confined to their afterlife culture, as any corpse which has had its skin or organs preserved thanks to external chemicals, substances or extreme temperatures is classed as a mummy. Indeed, mummified corpses have been found all ...
