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SMART SOLES
WORTH
£390
SOLAR SYSTEM
SUPERSTORMS
FEATURING
THIS IS THE FUTURE OF
THE ARMY'S BATTLEFIELD
ROBOT
WARS
I
R R
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INSIDE A
N
-
POUNDI
N
TO SOLV G PARTICLES
E SE
THE UN CRETS OF
IVERSE
R
ANTIDOTES
The beasts that help humans
overcome deadly poisons
HOW YOU CAN HELP
TO CURE CANCER
HUNTING SCHOOL
FOR TIGERS
WHAT THE VICTORIANS
DID FOR US
ISSUE
123
HOW BIG IS THE UNIVERSE?
ION WIND PLANE
HOW TO READ BRAILLE
BREXIT BASICS
WELCOME
The magazine that feeds minds!
ISSUE
123
“It’s been converting mass into
energy for over 4 billion years”
Power of the Sun, page 22
Meet the team…
Production Editor
The world’s ancient
monuments are
often under threat,
but the technology
we explore on page
42 can help us save
and restore them.
James
Staff Writer
Not every animal is
susceptible to the
bite of a deadly
snake. Discover how
some animals are
immune to venom
on page 48.
Scott
Research Editor
If you thought the
weather on Earth
was bad, see what
the rest of the Solar
System has to
contend with on
page 32.
Baljeet
Senior Art Editor
We look at just a few
of the many
inventions the
Victorians made on
page 78. It’s
incredible how many
we still use today.
Duncan
f you ask me what the most exciting
technological advancement of this century
will be, then I would have to answer fusion
power. Though the tokamak was invented in the
atomic era of the 20th century, creating a fusion
reactor that’s stable and efficient enough has
always seemed tantalisingly out of our reach. We’re getting close
though, and the potential of successfully harnessing the same power
that allows a star to generate almost incalculable amounts of energy
will be a game-changer for planet Earth. Imagine being able to
replace dozens of fossil fuel stations and nuclear
fission reactors with a single fusion power
station, generating enormous amounts of
cheap energy that produces zero
Fo
HIW
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greenhouse gases and radioactive waste.
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Read about the science behind this
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incredible technology on page 22.
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Enjoy the issue!
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Ben Biggs
Editor
How It Works magazine
FOLLOW US…
@HowItWorksmag
How It Works
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www.howitworksdaily.com
P
ECIAL
22
Power of the Sun
2
P
ow
o
What makes our nearest star so
energetic, and how can we
recreate this on Earth?
TRANSPORT
70
Robot wars
Discover the autonomous
technology that will change the
battlefield forever
SPACE
32
Solar System superstorms
36
Determining the size of
the universe
74
What is an ion wind
plane?
76
Super-sucking
excavator trucks
TECHNOLOGY
38
Inside a robot
warehouse
These smart machine workers
could be handling your next
online order
HISTORY
78
What the Victorians
did for us
How inventors 200 years ago
have shaped our world today
82
How Brexit happened
42
Rewinding time
46
How to read Braille
ENVIRONMENT
48
Antidote animals
How some animals are immune
e
to deadly poison – and how this
can help humans
SMART
DIGITSO
WORTH LES
WIN
age
22
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Power of
the Sun
58
52
Why spring happens
54
What are atmospheric
rivers?
56
How tigers hunt
Inside an
atom-
smasher
SCIENCE
58
Inside an atom-
smasher
How It Works
visits Fermilab and
discovers how it’s trying to solve
the mysteries of the universe
64
Heroes of science: Cecilia
Payne-Gaposchkin
66
Finding cures for cancer
68
What is a mouth ulcer?
48
Antidote
animals
MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS…
Former
HIW
member James is a
biochemist and
biotechnologist. He
is currently doing a
PhD in machine
learning and
evolutionary theory.
James Horton
Jo Stass
Jo has been a
writer and editor
for over six years.
She is particularly
interested in the
natural world and
technological
innovations.
Jodie Tyley
The former Editor of
HIW
and
All About
History
has tackled
many topics in her
career, from science
fiction to science
fact, and Henry VIII
to honey badgers.
Jonathan
O’Callaghan
With a background in
astrophysics, former
HIW
and
All About
Space
journalist
Jonathan enjoys
delving into the
wonders of space.
Laura Mears
Biomedical scientist
Laura escaped the
lab to write about
science and is now
working towards
her PhD in
computational
evolution.
Stephen
Ashby
Stephen has been a
writer and editor
for over seven
years. He is
endlessly intrigued
by technology and
Earth science.
Steve Wright
Steve has worked as
an editor on many
publications. He
enjoys looking to the
past, having also
written for
All
About History
and
History Of War.
History Of War
Editor-in-Chief Tim
has a passion for all
things military but
studies and writes
about a range of
historical eras.
Tim
Williamson
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