Very Interesting #48 - July/August 2019
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SPACE 6 First plant grown on the moon
"Eat your space potatoes, child!"
HEALTH 7 Hope for migraine sufferers
Pigs are on your side
INNOVATION 8 Painting with bacteria
As though the Mona Lisa wasn't enigmatic enough ...
NATURE 10 Why do elephants have such wrinkly skin?
Moisturiser is expensive, people
BODY 11 Why does time seem to go faster as we get older?
Because you can't see your watch clearly anymore
PSYCHOLOGY 12 What happens in my body when ...I meditate?
Someone steals your copy of Very Interesting while your eyes are closed
SPACE 13 Is it true that NASA smells everything before it is sent into space?
Freaks ...
NATURE 22 Saharan snow
When meteorological expectations desert you
CULTURE 24 What's the best way to win at rock-paper-scissors?
Read this article, then destroy it before your siblings see it
TECHNOLOGY 24 How does the phone network know where to send the signal when someone rings me?
Spies - they're following you right now
PSYCHOLOGY 38 Social media kills self-esteem
Taken out by Twitter. ..
SCIENCE 70 A fusion of fascinations
Plasma physicist Melanie Windridge talks about her twin passions of science and exploration

PLUS All the questions you didn't know you wanted the answer to including:
• Why do young children pick their noses and eat it?
• Can I raise my dog or cat as a vegan?
• Can artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
• What would happen if the internet suddenly stopped working?
• If bats are blind, why do they have eyes?
• Why do my fingernails grow faster in a hot country?
• How do trees grow straight up, even on a slope?
• What makes someone objectively beautiful?
• Am I helping or hindering the bee population by eating honey?
• What happens in my body when I fall in love?
• Why do women live longer than men?
• What's the best way to win at rock-paperscissors?
• What happens in my body when I meditate?