The hardest forms of plastic include plastic that has been mixed with other types of materials such as a very recent discovery by a team of Bangalore researchers where they strengthened ordinary plastic with nano-diamond (incredibly, tiny bits of diamond invisible to the naked eye), a sheet of layered carbon and tiny carbon cylinders

As with most brain-related questions there is no direct evidence or cause as to the exact underlying mechanism for what makes us sleepwalk, but nevertheless there has been some interesting research into this area

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The human body requires a number of vitamins and minerals to function properly

This is a widespread myth and has some variations, sometimes the spoon must be silver other times the material doesn’t matter

Ants, like all insects, don’t have lungs, breathing through tiny holes in their sides – spiracles – one pair per segment

Microwaves are a kind of electromagnetic wave and as such can create electric currents in metals

Diet cola is actually not a modified form of the original cola recipe but is produced from an entirely different recipe

The latest great edition of How It Works is here at last

Time to check out some of the awesome features you’ll find in this month’s How It Works ahead of the on sale date – you lucky devils