In How It Works 167, discover how changes in DNA can lead to freaky mutations but also shape the evolution of a species, see the sound barrier-breaking vehicles that have accelerated to hypersonic speeds and beyond, why black box flight recorders are virtually indestructible, how skunks create their stinky odours, why black truffles are so expensive, who invented chess? – and much more.
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