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YOUR BODY'S HIDDEN SUPER MUSCLES
ISSUE 19 NOVEMBER 2014
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HISTORY’S MOST
NEW FORENSIC STUDY!
Che Guevara
corpse mutilation
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GRUESOME
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SECRETS
The creepy stories you
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The $1.5 trillion jet that
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MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
Hitler's
weird
coffin obsession
Lincoln's
bizarre
body-snatchers
Harold Holt
murder plot
They're even more
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PLUS:
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Australia's jellyfish invaders
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ON THE
COVER
CONT
How do you survive as a species for more than
500 million years? By being one of the ocean’s
most skilled and mysterious warriors.
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Sometimes dead people take secrets to the grave
– secrets that have eventually been unearthed by
forensic science.
PAGE 12
Meet the world’s most elite team of bushfire fighters
– brave men who put their lives on the line by
parachuting into the middle of a roaring inferno. PAGE 40
ON THE
COVER
It’s not due to happen for another 3.8 billion years, but
at some point in the future our galaxy will crash into its
nearest neighbour, creating cosmic havoc.
PAGE 52
The latest primate research shows that our ancestors
are even more human than we’d imagine. And they get
grumpy if things don’t go their way!
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How do you dispose of a massive batch of Syria’s deadly
chemical weapons? With great care, for starters. Experts
reveal how Assad’s arsenal was destroyed.
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ENTS
NOVEMBER 2014
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WORLD EVENTS
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Leaping Into The Inferno
America’s crack team of firemen reveal their methods
50
72
Smarter In 60 Seconds
Theme: Australian Bushfires
Ship Of Poison
The operation to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons
Why jellyfish have lasted 500 million years
64
I Make The Rules
Gorillas display more human-like traits
Everybody has them. They’re called ‘fascia’, and thanks
to one man’s research, your body’s super-muscles could
be about to turn medicine on its head.
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SCIENCE
52
Another 3.8 Billion Years Without Incident
What happens when the Milky Way and Andromeda collide
TECHNOLOGY
80
Are You Really Safe On The Internet?
Tips on how to avoid viruses, worms and scams
84
Lab Test: The 1.5 Million Dollar Flop
Why Obama’s new jet-fighter could cripple the US
THE HUMAN BODY
34
Your Secret Super Muscles
50
Can Surgery Change Your Personality?
The risks associated with pre-op drugs
Fascia are the new wonder-fibres you never knew you had
HISTORY
12
A Fate Worse Than Death
History’s gruesome secrets uncovered by forensics
Personality changes, memory loss… the drugs
administered before major surgery can have dramatic,
life-changing effects. And we’re all at risk.
PAGE 56
REGULARS
8
Amazing Photo
The incredible spectacle of a supercell storm
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Questions And Answers
Amazing facts from science, technology and everyday life
And Finally…
Why hornbill birds have to lock their spouses away!
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how to spot them, and protect yourself.
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AUSTRALIA
SPACE MYSTERIES
Alien life
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Unexplained signals
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Time travel
The epic battle
that beat Hitler –
in amazing detail
Everything you
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HISTORY RE LIVED!
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NATURE
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Warriors Of The Ocean

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