Where Does the Solar System End? - Science Scrapbook 13.11.12
Launched in 1977 to study the Solar system's gas giant planets, Voyager 1 is still operating. But now it's so far away that the Solar wind h...
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Naked Science Scrapbook
Drawing out the facts, the Naked Science Scrapbook brings a visual dimension to the world's most mysterious science.
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What is the Higgs boson? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.07
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of a new fundamental particle, that could be the much sought-after Higgs boson....
How do Nerves Carry Information? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.04
What do nerve cells look like, how do they carry information, and how does one nerve connect and communicate with another nerve? Find out in...
How do we use Microbes to make Biohydrogen? - Science Scrapbook 12.08.16
Hydrogen could be a key clean fuel of the future, powering cars, planes and technology. The challenge facing us before we can switch to this...
How does the Internet work? - Science Scrapbook 12.07.30
Whether you're watching a YouTube video, downloading an email, buying a birthday present or linking up with friends online, you're sending d...
What is a fungus? - Science Scrapbook 12.05.25
Fungi are a biologically important, and often overlooked Kingdom of organisms. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out what a fungus act...
What is an Alloy? - Science Scrapbook 12.05.18
A lot of the metals we use every day, from car wheels to cutlery, are made from alloys. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out how allo...
What is Jetlag? - Science Scrapbook 12.04.24
Why do we feel tired or awake at the wrong times when we go on holiday to a different timezone? In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out...
What does a data centre do? - Science Scrapbook 12.03.08
When companies can't back up their data themselves, they often turn to data centres. But what do they do? In this Naked Science Scrapbook, s...
How do lasers work? - Science Scrapbook 12.02.17
From DVD players and supermarket scanners to laser pointers and Bond movies, lasers are part of our lives. But just how do they work? In thi...
How do thermoelectric generators work? - Science Scrapbook 12.02.10
Huge amounts of energy are lost from power stations and cars as heat. But what if we could harness that heat and turn it into useful electri...
How does a microwave work? - Science Scrapbook 12.02.03
Most of us have a microwave oven in our kitchen. They make heating up leftovers and the dreaded readymeal much faster than a conventional ov...
Why do sprouts make you fart? - Science Scrapbook 11.12.15
Every Christmas, one vegetable divides opinion - Brussels sprouts. Some of us love them, some of us hate them, but eating them can have some...
How does autofocus work? - Science Scrapbook 11.11.24
Millions of people now own compact digital cameras and camera phones that will automatically focus on parts of a scene, without having to tu...
How does DNA fingerprinting work? - Science Scrapbook 11.10.27
How do we tell people apart by using their DNA? From murder investigations to paternity testing, DNA fingerprinting is an essential tool in...
How does a fuel cell work? - Science Scrapbook 11.10.07
Fuel cells may be a major energy source of the future, but how do they work? In the latest Naked Science Scrapbook, we find out how to gener...
How is cheese made? - Science Scrapbook 11.09.23
Cheese is a major (and tasty) part of our diets and humans have been making it for thousands of years? But how is it made? In this Naked Sci...
Why don't whales get the bends, when divers can? - Science Scrapbook 11.09.06
If a diver surfaces too quickly after a dive, they can get the bends, or decompression sickness, causing excruciating pain and sometimes eve...
How Does Laser Eye Surgery Work? - Science Scrapbook 11.08.12
Why are some people short sighted and some people long sighted? And how do we use something more usually associated with a Bond villain to c...
How does a plane stay in the air? - Science Scrapbook 11.07.12
Being able to fly off on holiday is something we may take for granted. But how does the big metal tube you're flying in stay up in the air?...