April 2013: How It Works

April 2013 Cover:  Nick Kaloterakis

Letter From The Editor

How Darkness Works

Plus: A Video Message From The Editor
By Jacob Ward

How It Works

The Most Powerful Space Rocket

By Robert Earle Howells

Honeybee Society

By Corey Binns

Robotic Chicken Butcher

By Nicole Dyer

Fastest DNA Sequencer

By Veronique Greenwood

Self-Coiling Cord

By Sal Vaglica

The Earthquake Machine

By Rebecca Boyle

Star-Mapping Spacecraft

By Brooke Borel

A Touch Screen That Knows You

By Nicole Dyer

Features

Warp Factor

A NASA scientist claIms to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel: is he for real? By Konstantin Kakaes

• Plus: Faster-Than-Light Drive
• And: Deep-Space Engines

The Chemistry Of Kibble

The billion-dollar, cutting-edge science of convincing dogs and cats to eat what’s in front of them. By Mary Roach

What's New

• Big Screen, Small Room
• The Goods
• Uptown Volt
• Stow And Go
• Modular Robotics
• An App A Day

Headlines

• Under The Sea
• A Robot With Heart
• Dirt, Uncovered
• Crash Test
• The Largest Telescope Dish
• An Unfolding Story

How 2.0

• You Built What?!: Tractor For The Apocalypse
• Gray Matter: Funnels Of Flame
• Magic Mystery Lightbulb
• Website Of The Month: Autodesk 123D Catch
• Non-Futile Resistance

FYI

• Do Lobotomies Work?
• What Would It Feel Like To Travel At Warp Speed?

Megapixels

• Friends In Low Places