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In this issue of How It Works: How the dino-killing Chicxulub asteroid radically changed the course of Earth’s history, who was the first human?, why people give birth to twins, g-force explained, how to run a space station, world’s most powerful military lasers, Gladiator II Myths busted, and more.

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