Amps, watts, volts and ohms are units of measurement in a similar way that the metre is a unit for distance

The Gadget Show’s Jason Bradbury has found a new way to enjoy How It Works – find out what he had to say about our new PixelMag…

Switching on a fan and feeling a nice breeze can feel very refreshing on a hot day, but what is going on

So who’s up for an early-bird preview of the latest issue of How It Works, which doesn’t officially go on sale till 22 April

We can calculate how far something travelled if we know its

A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the Earth

We thought we’d treat the regular How It Works Daily users to an exclusive sneaky peek at one of the questions from next issue’s exciting interview with Professor Brian Cox

There have been many different attempts by scientists and engineers to devise a way to build a space tether or ‘elevator’ and yes most of them involve constructing a really long cable of some kind – 38,000km or more to be exact

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Filters were added to cigarettes in the Fifties when it was

Issue 7 of How It Works features an incredible two-page interview with everyone’s favourite particle physicist