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Aimed at everyone from 8 to 80, How It Works is a fully illustrated, vibrant science and technology magazine that explores the fascinating world around us.

Ever wondered what would happen if you fell down a black hole or how to build a supercar? Then this magazine is for you!

Every issue is jam-packed with the most exciting advances in science and technology and features everything you need to know about how the world around you – and the universe – works.

Use science to learn tricks on a hoverboard, discover how robots could soon be administering your medicine, find out how your brain really operates, take part in saving our world’s oceans and much, much more.

Members and Patrons can enjoy an exclusive 10% discount on subscriptions to How It Works magazine.

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Whizz Pop Bang is an award-winning science magazine that brings science to life for six to 12-year-old girls and boys (and their families who regularly tell us how much they love it too).

Each issue is jam-packed full of awesome articles, easy experiments to try at home, hands-on science crafts, puzzles and our new silly science feature – perfect for anyone who likes a giggle! Printed on lovely, thick, un-coated paper (so that kids can colour, scribble and record their science results in it), Whizz Pop Bang is a top-quality magazine that’s built to last.

Young Members can enjoy a 10% discount on any subscription to Whizz Pop Bang magazine.

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National Geographic Kids is an exciting monthly magazine which gives boys and girls a whole new way to learn and explore their world.

Packed full of fantastic facts about science, geography, history, popular culture and exciting things to make and do, a National Geographic Kids subscription is a great resource for children, parents and teachers alike.

Young Members receive £7 off annual subscriptions to National Geographic Kids.

The world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.

In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and play was suspended amid the heat and bushfire smoke at the Australian Tennis open.

In Warming Up, world-leading ecologist Madeleine Orr takes readers through a play by-play of how global warming is already impacting sport, and how the sports world can fight back. 
 

We love to imagine the future. But why are ground-breaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?

Delving into the remarkable history of technology, The Long History of the Future introduces us to the clever scientists, genius engineers and eccentric innovators who first brought these ideas to life and have struggled to make them work since. By looking to the past and the future, Nicole Kobie shows how history always proves us wrong and how what lies ahead may not be what we imagine, but so much better.
 

The great auk was a flightless, goose-sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. But one of the world’s most extraordinary species faced an unthinking destruction, becoming extinct in 1844. But this wasn’t the end of the great auk story, as the bird went on to have a remarkable afterlife as the hunt for skins, eggs and skeletons became the focus for collectors. 

In a book rich with insight and packed with tales of birds and of people, Tim Birkhead reveals previously unimagined aspects of the bird’s life before humanity, its death on the killing shores of the North Atlantic, and the unrelenting subsequent quest for its remains. A symbol of human folly and the necessity of conservation, The Great Auk tells the story of this remarkable species. 

The Great Auk by Tim Birkhead is out on the 13th March.