The following short clip reveals how videogames for the exciting new Nintendo 3DS handheld might look
Witness the awesome power of the volcano whose resulting ash cloud is responsible for the widespread disruption of flights in and out of the UK
The lowering of temperature as you reach higher altitudes is due to the change in atmospheric pressure
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
Planes in the UK have been grounded due to a massive cloud of volcanic ash drifting across the North Atlantic – but why take such drastic measures
We can calculate how far something travelled if we know its
The Apple iPad, following unprecendented sales in the first week of its American release, is to see its international release pushed back by a month to 10 May
The official name for an aircraft speedometer is an Airspeed Indicator or ASI
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
