MAGAZINE NEWS (AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY)

June 2015

HOW IT WORKS

101 gigantic facts about DINOSAURS 

Some had feathers.                                            They were over 700 species.                                    None of them could fly

Forensic Science 

The incredible tech that solves crimes                                                                The truth about sugar
Where it comes from.                                            How it's processed.                                           Where it's hiding.

VTOL drones

Faster, electric-powered aircraft takes to the skies.

On the farm 

Life of a dairy cow.                                             A farmer's daily routine.                                      The milking process explained.

Zombie stars

Plus six other strange celestial wonders explained.

HISTORY MAGAZINE

DID ANNE CRAVE THE CROWN? 

George Bernard questions whether we've misunderstood the relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. 

KING JOHN ON TRiAL 

Was the man who sealed Magna Carta England's worst medieval king?

THE ARTFUL ASSASSIN 

 Richard Gaunt on the work of James Gillray, who became Georgian Britain's greatest satirist.

COLONEL BLOOD

Robert Hutchinson introduces a double agent from Charles II's court who tried to snatch the crown jewels.

SCHOOLS OF HARD KNOCKS

Victorian public schools were hellish and violent and failed to prepare the pupils for real life, argues David Turner.

WATERLOO: THE TURNING POINTS

Ten moments that defined the campaign, as picked by Julian Humphries

OUR WATERLOO OBSESSION

Tim Blanning analyses just why this particular Napoleonic battle has commanded our attention for the past 200 years.

BLOOMING BUSINESS

Change of plan? Pay the fee

The nonrefundable fare has been the airlines' marketing masterstroke. It's also the focus of increasing consumer anger.

The law comes to FIFA

The organization that runs global soccer is raided and its leader's chief acolyte arrested. Avowed reformers turn corrupt, "rather than repair the harm done to the sport".

SOCIAL

Does Evan Spiegel know something Mark Zuckenberg doesn't?

GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE

Photostory: Moving Lives 

A two-week trip to Isabella province in the northernmost part of the Philippines provided documentary photographer Jacob Maentz the opportunity to visually record one of the oldest and most nomadic tribes in the region

Religion: On the road to Qalander  

As more than a million Shia Muslims gather, David Lewis joins the chaotic and often brutal Sehwan Sharif pilgrimage.

Aquaculture: Mangrove prawns  

As Thailand's organic prawn farms struggle to stay in business, Victor Paul Borg reports on a possible solution.

Environment: a new lease of life  

Visitors to Taipei were once met by rubbish filled streets. Chris Fitch looks at how the locals are embracing a cleaner lifestyle.

Reportage: Blood ransom  

There's a war being fought in the Indian Ocean. John Boyle sheds light on the beginnings of Somali piracy and the effects it has on those caught in the middle.

Travel: Building a Republic  

Isolated and battered by storms and earthquakes, the relatively new nation of Vanuatu struggles at times to survive. Marco Magrini marvels at how a land of diversity overcomes immense hardship.

Explore: In the footsteps of Darwin   

When novice horse rider Tom Allen attempted to follow Charles Darwin's route to explore the length of the Santa Cruz river in Patagonia, he discovered that the immediate future of this near-pristine wilderness is far from certain.

Explore: Discovering Britain  

Into the Valley. In this month RGS-IBG Discovering Britain walk Tom Hart finds England's second city relies on a dam built in a remote Welsh valley.

THE ECONOMIST May 30th -June 5th

SOCIAL CHANGE: THE WEAKER SEX

Blue-collar men in rich countries are in trouble. They must learn to adapt.

SHARE PRICES IN CHINA: FLYING TOO HIGH

The long term consequences of China's coming stockmarket correction are the ones to fear.

URBAN POLICY: HOW TO SHRINK A CITY

Many cities are losing inhabitants. Better to manage decline than try to stop it.

THE PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLE: UNDER THE BONNET

Britain's stall in productivity is more serious than that of any rich-world peer. A closer look reveals different industries travelling at very different speeds.

MADE TO MEASURE 

Factory automation: A robotic sewing machine could throw garment workers in low-cost countries out of a job.

CYBER-SECURITY

Technology is finally making strides in reducing the need to remember lots of complicated passwords.

YOUR PHONE ON STEROIDS

5G networks: Proposed new networks promise ultra high-speed connections for mobile users.

FLYING INTO THE FUTURE

Airline Interiors: How technology is changing the passenger cabin for whatever class you fly.

NEW SCIENTIST

I think therefore I can

A brain implant that decodes intention is helping paralysed people gain more independence - and letting us probe the nature of desires.

The hydra effect is no myth

Kill off something and you end up with more of it? What is going on? Welcome to the paradoxical world of the hydra effect, says Peter Abrams.

Can you have your cake and eat it?

the guilty pleasures you can sometimes indulge - and the ones you can't.

It's good to talk 

The internet can bring out the worst in us. But taming the beast may just be a matter of finding the right words,says Tienlon Ho.

Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

The idea that a feline parasite might highjack our brains sounds like a B-list horror movie. It isn't, says Colin Barras.