What is cryptocurrency?
How do people make Bitcoin, and why is blockchain changing how we work online? You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin. At the end of 2017, a boom in the market made a lot of people...
How It Works Feed your mind with fascinating facts about the world around you
What’s in a name?
The biology, psychology and sociology of your name may be influencing you more than you realise Humans have an innate preference for naming shapes If you look at the characters above, which would you...
The science of rudeness
Road rage, interrupting colleagues, talking at the theatre – we are all familiar with rude behaviour, but do you know the science behind bad manners? 🤬Bad manners are contagious Other people’s behaviour can spread...
Win a pair of Urbanista headphones worth £149!
This month we’re giving away a pair of Urbanista New York Bluetooth headphones, which feature active noise cancellation and deliver up to 25 hours of play time. Pick up the latest edition of How It...
Record-Breaking Weather
Discover where and when the elements have been at their most extreme 🌧Most rainfall Imagine having to mop up after getting almost two metres of rain in one day. That’s what the citizens of...
What are gemstones?
Discover the chemistry that determines the captivating colours of these crystals The most valuable crystals form within the Earth’s crust under great amounts of pressure and heat and are brought to the surface by...
Why does polar bear fur sometimes look yellow or green?
Brain Dump: your curious questions answered!
Meet the world’s biggest sloth
One of the biggest land mammals that ever existed, the giant ground sloth roamed the Earth for millions of years Towering over the Cenozoic flora of South America, a sloth the size of an...
Creating Gorilla Nests
How these great apes create their leafy lodgings As the king of the apes, gorillas spend their days rambling through the lush tropical rainforests of Africa feasting on the available fruit. Troops of gorillas...
