The science behind sweet-smelling and sweat-free skin.
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How does laughing gas work?
How does this versatile gas leave us with the giggles?
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Top Five Facts: Humans
Here’s some fascinating bits of trivia about everyone’s favourite Earth-dweller.
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Why do we remember some dreams?
Don’t forget to send us more questions like these if you want to see them answered in our monthly magazine.
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What is a pulse?
You’ve got the question, we’ve got the answer.
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Video: Slow motion sneezing
Is it possible to keep your eyes open when you sneeze? Probably not judging by this rather graphic video…
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Why does cutting onions make us cry?
Here’s a teaser from our “50 amazing facts about the human body” article in issue 27 of How It Works, on sale tomorrow!
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How do taste buds work?
What’s going on inside our tongues?
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What makes us faint?
We take a look at why some people pass out.
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Why does jelly wobble?
Find out the answer right here.
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Top Five Facts: Ageing
Want to live forever? Well by reading these interesting facts on the ageing process, you might just be inspired to discover a cure.
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How do boomerangs work?
Learn about the scientific principles that make this flying stick come back.
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How does fake tan work?
The science of turning yourself orange…
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What are artificial flavourings?
How can scientists synthetically replicate the taste of real food?
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How do hair regrowth products work?
The science of not going bald…
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Why do we blush?
What causes us to become flushed and red-faced?
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What is dandruff?
Carols Grau from the Science Museum has the answer for us.
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What is the brain’s memory capacity in gigabytes?
José Monteiro from the Science Museum has the answer for us.
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What is tinnitus and how is it caused?
We explain why your ears sometimes start ringing.
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Video: Home Experiment – Walking on Water
See the How It Works team defy the laws of physics as we perform the ‘Walking on Water’ experiment from issue 24