Discover 20 ingenious engineering secrets behind everyday products. Also this issue: how Patriot missiles intercept threats, What if the Gunpowder plot had succeeded? Amazing river discoveries of the 2026 heatwave, how four-wheel drive vehicles work, what did the dinosaurs sound like? All about meteor showers, and much more.
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