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iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

Jan 03 2020
Magazine

iD (Ideas & Discoveries) is an intriguing science and technology magazine that delves deep to help readers discover answers to questions about science, nature, psychology, history, current events and more. With captivating photography and design and engaging editorial content, iD will have readers thinking about the world around them in a whole new way.

readerfeedback • You talk, we listen! Here’s what you had to say about previous issues of iD. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. Keep ’em coming.

A photo and its story

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WINTER WOODS? • Minus 5 degrees, icy winds, a layer of snow more than 3 feet thick, and hardly anything to eat—in winter both animals and plants face extreme hardship. But foxes, deer, and even trees have developed ingenious survival tricks to make do in this winter wonderland…

THE WINTER FOREST AND ITS INHABITANTS • Not all forest dwellers simply doze off for months at a time when the weather turns cold. Squirrels regularly tour the underbrush to tap into the supplies they previously set aside for the winter. But the forest is home to lots of other animals that know how to turn the coldest season of the year to their advantage…

THE UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF WORLD HISTORY • Did the ancient Germans understand the secrets of the stars? Was the Bible heavily censored? Where did the Knights Templar survive? Did the world’s militaries keep a deadly global pandemic a secret? Did Hitler have a son?

INSECT ALLIES: THE NEW CONTRACT KILLERS • The Stealth Bomber, the Internet, GPS: DARPA, the U.S. Defense Department’s military technology division, is an innovation machine. Currently the agency is investing in insects (for peaceful purposes, they insist). But critical scientists warn the outcome of this research could be tiny hit men, the likes of which the world has never seen…

THE UNPREDICTABLE LIFE OF GEYSERS • They wander from place to place, have a rhythm of their own, and set some of nature’s deadliest traps. But what exactly makes geysers tick? How did they come to be created? And why are they so dangerous?

THE REAL IT KILLER • Millions flocked to the movies and watched in fascinated horror when the supernatural thriller IT was released in 2017. Now a record-breaking sequel is out, IT Chapter Two. What many people don’t know: Pennywise the Dancing Clown once existed in real life…

questions & answers • Ask a simple question, get a simple answer? Think again! Scientists often have to work meticulously to come up with explanations for basic processes—and sometimes they inadvertently discover marvels that can change our perception of the world.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT, PROFESSOR? • Why are researchers manipulating snails’ memories, milking cockroaches, and getting mice drunk? They’re engaged in these unusual pursuits in the hopes of finding solutions to pressing medical issues. In the process, they are making even more unusual discoveries…

THE SECRETS OF THE COLOSSEUM • It was the very heart of the Roman Empire, a place that was full of wonder and terror: the Colosseum. Even today historians are discovering long-forgotten fascinating facts about its history…

SUDDEENLY PARALYZED! WHEN OUR BODIES REFUSE TO OBEY COMMANDS • It happens without warning: Paralysis comes on suddenly and seemingly out of nowhere—as you’re waking up, going for a walk, or returning from a night out. Researchers have been trying to get to the bottom of these mysterious cases of sudden paralysis to explain what is taking place in the body when they occur…

Body Mysteries

iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

THE SECRETS OF LUNAR PHYSICS • They can be large or small and are often oddly shaped. They are covered with ice or dotted with volcanoes, and they circle all of the large planets in our solar system. For scientists, moons are...


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Frequency: One time Pages: 84 Publisher: A360 Media, LLC Edition: Jan 03 2020

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  • Release date: November 8, 2019

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iD (Ideas & Discoveries) is an intriguing science and technology magazine that delves deep to help readers discover answers to questions about science, nature, psychology, history, current events and more. With captivating photography and design and engaging editorial content, iD will have readers thinking about the world around them in a whole new way.

readerfeedback • You talk, we listen! Here’s what you had to say about previous issues of iD. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. Keep ’em coming.

A photo and its story

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WINTER WOODS? • Minus 5 degrees, icy winds, a layer of snow more than 3 feet thick, and hardly anything to eat—in winter both animals and plants face extreme hardship. But foxes, deer, and even trees have developed ingenious survival tricks to make do in this winter wonderland…

THE WINTER FOREST AND ITS INHABITANTS • Not all forest dwellers simply doze off for months at a time when the weather turns cold. Squirrels regularly tour the underbrush to tap into the supplies they previously set aside for the winter. But the forest is home to lots of other animals that know how to turn the coldest season of the year to their advantage…

THE UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF WORLD HISTORY • Did the ancient Germans understand the secrets of the stars? Was the Bible heavily censored? Where did the Knights Templar survive? Did the world’s militaries keep a deadly global pandemic a secret? Did Hitler have a son?

INSECT ALLIES: THE NEW CONTRACT KILLERS • The Stealth Bomber, the Internet, GPS: DARPA, the U.S. Defense Department’s military technology division, is an innovation machine. Currently the agency is investing in insects (for peaceful purposes, they insist). But critical scientists warn the outcome of this research could be tiny hit men, the likes of which the world has never seen…

THE UNPREDICTABLE LIFE OF GEYSERS • They wander from place to place, have a rhythm of their own, and set some of nature’s deadliest traps. But what exactly makes geysers tick? How did they come to be created? And why are they so dangerous?

THE REAL IT KILLER • Millions flocked to the movies and watched in fascinated horror when the supernatural thriller IT was released in 2017. Now a record-breaking sequel is out, IT Chapter Two. What many people don’t know: Pennywise the Dancing Clown once existed in real life…

questions & answers • Ask a simple question, get a simple answer? Think again! Scientists often have to work meticulously to come up with explanations for basic processes—and sometimes they inadvertently discover marvels that can change our perception of the world.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT, PROFESSOR? • Why are researchers manipulating snails’ memories, milking cockroaches, and getting mice drunk? They’re engaged in these unusual pursuits in the hopes of finding solutions to pressing medical issues. In the process, they are making even more unusual discoveries…

THE SECRETS OF THE COLOSSEUM • It was the very heart of the Roman Empire, a place that was full of wonder and terror: the Colosseum. Even today historians are discovering long-forgotten fascinating facts about its history…

SUDDEENLY PARALYZED! WHEN OUR BODIES REFUSE TO OBEY COMMANDS • It happens without warning: Paralysis comes on suddenly and seemingly out of nowhere—as you’re waking up, going for a walk, or returning from a night out. Researchers have been trying to get to the bottom of these mysterious cases of sudden paralysis to explain what is taking place in the body when they occur…

Body Mysteries

iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

THE SECRETS OF LUNAR PHYSICS • They can be large or small and are often oddly shaped. They are covered with ice or dotted with volcanoes, and they circle all of the large planets in our solar system. For scientists, moons are...


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