How radar was invented: Milestones, discoveries and revolutionary technology
In the latest issue of How It Works magazine we take a look closer look at one of the most influential pieces of technology helped to win the war… radar.
Category: History
Charles Darwin and the Beagle voyage
How the father of evolution’s five-year trip changed the way we think about life on Earth (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) How do you even begin to predict how life on Earth first emerged? As just...
How did the slave trade end?
Why the British Empire stopped these harrowing transatlantic shipments and their human cargo
5 fascinating facts about dinosaurs
Contrary to their portrayal in films, many dinosaurs were actually feathered like birds, with the Sinosauropteryx being the first to be un- earthed by palaeontologists
What would our world look like if it was just one super continent?
The world map has not always looked like it does today.
Why the Salem witch trials happened
How did mass hysteria and misinformation in 17th-century America become a cautionary horror story?
International Women’s Day: Meet 12 female heroes of science
On International Women’s Day 2021, discover some of the most influential women in science throughout history
Meet 8 heroes and villains of the Old West
Meet the exceptional characters that epitomised life in the Old West
The Unusual History of Fort Boyard
Why this ambitious military project was repeatedly abandoned, and how it found unlikely fame in the world of TV and film
