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iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

Mar 01 2022
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.

iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

Editor Notes

SWIMMING THROUGH 350 MILES OF TRASH • Having swum across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998, French long-distance swimmer Benoît Lecomte decided to cross the Pacific 20 years later. His new voyage took him through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, aka the Pacific trash vortex, with the goal of raising awareness about the scourge of plastic pollution in the oceans.

WHEN THE Light FADES IN THE FOREST • When darkness falls, countless creatures emerge to conduct their nightly business: prowling, hunting, eating, and mating. Such nocturnal missions mostly go unnoticed by the likes of us, but forest animals have mastered these vital pursuits in the absence of light. Some of them even shine a light of their own…

7 ENDURING MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE • What secrets does life still keep from us—and what would happen if we manage to get to the bottom of the mysteries behind them?

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE? • A researcher conducting experiments at the limit of life may have come closer to solving the oldest mystery of mankind than anyone to have tried before him.

ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE? • What if humanity has already experienced first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence—and didn’t even notice?

DO ANIMALS HAVE A CONSCIOUSNESS? • For a long time humans saw themselves as the only species with an understanding of the self. But now we must ask ourselves: What do animals know?

WILL WE BE ABLE TO CONTROL TIME? • Ever since the publication of the H. G. Wells book The Time Machine, we have been dreaming about time travel. Could such a fantastic notion become reality someday?

HOW DID THE PHARAOHS KNOW SO MUCH? • The rulers of ancient Egypt had an amazing understanding of architecture, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. But how did they acquire this knowledge?

WHAT POTENTIAL EXISTS IN OUR GENES? • The human genome has been completely decoded for nearly 20 years. But in truth we still only understand a fraction of it.

HOW WILL THE UNIVERSE COME TO AN END? • The universe will exist for so long that we can’t even fathom such a large interval of time. But when time finally does run out, how will it all end?

How NATURE Heals the Body • From the forest to the sea, the great outdoors can be better than medicine.

10 INCREDIBLE SIMPSONS PROPHECIES • The American animated sitcom The Simpsons first aired on December 17, 1989, and it has been going strong ever since. Though many of the events it has depicted over the years may have seemed crazy at the time, often enough, the zaniness would eventually become reality. Here are some of the stranger predictions that have come to pass since the Simpson family began its odyssey over three decades ago.

10 SECRETS OF THE INTERNET • “I think that if we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence.” Those were the words of Joe Biden on July 27, 2021, in a statement the likes of which no other U.S. president had made before. It confirmed THE POWER STRUGGLE OVER THE INTERNET IS MORE INTENSE THAN EVER. But why has it escalated to the highest political levels, and what else do we need to know? iD explores the issues that have kept the realities of the Internet hidden from us until now.

WHERE DO PEOPLE PAY $300 TO LIVE IN A BOX? • Ask a simple question, get a simple answer? Think again!...


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Frequency: One time Pages: 84 Publisher: A360 Media, LLC Edition: Mar 01 2022

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: December 31, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

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Science

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English

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.

iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

Editor Notes

SWIMMING THROUGH 350 MILES OF TRASH • Having swum across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998, French long-distance swimmer Benoît Lecomte decided to cross the Pacific 20 years later. His new voyage took him through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, aka the Pacific trash vortex, with the goal of raising awareness about the scourge of plastic pollution in the oceans.

WHEN THE Light FADES IN THE FOREST • When darkness falls, countless creatures emerge to conduct their nightly business: prowling, hunting, eating, and mating. Such nocturnal missions mostly go unnoticed by the likes of us, but forest animals have mastered these vital pursuits in the absence of light. Some of them even shine a light of their own…

7 ENDURING MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE • What secrets does life still keep from us—and what would happen if we manage to get to the bottom of the mysteries behind them?

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE? • A researcher conducting experiments at the limit of life may have come closer to solving the oldest mystery of mankind than anyone to have tried before him.

ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE? • What if humanity has already experienced first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence—and didn’t even notice?

DO ANIMALS HAVE A CONSCIOUSNESS? • For a long time humans saw themselves as the only species with an understanding of the self. But now we must ask ourselves: What do animals know?

WILL WE BE ABLE TO CONTROL TIME? • Ever since the publication of the H. G. Wells book The Time Machine, we have been dreaming about time travel. Could such a fantastic notion become reality someday?

HOW DID THE PHARAOHS KNOW SO MUCH? • The rulers of ancient Egypt had an amazing understanding of architecture, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. But how did they acquire this knowledge?

WHAT POTENTIAL EXISTS IN OUR GENES? • The human genome has been completely decoded for nearly 20 years. But in truth we still only understand a fraction of it.

HOW WILL THE UNIVERSE COME TO AN END? • The universe will exist for so long that we can’t even fathom such a large interval of time. But when time finally does run out, how will it all end?

How NATURE Heals the Body • From the forest to the sea, the great outdoors can be better than medicine.

10 INCREDIBLE SIMPSONS PROPHECIES • The American animated sitcom The Simpsons first aired on December 17, 1989, and it has been going strong ever since. Though many of the events it has depicted over the years may have seemed crazy at the time, often enough, the zaniness would eventually become reality. Here are some of the stranger predictions that have come to pass since the Simpson family began its odyssey over three decades ago.

10 SECRETS OF THE INTERNET • “I think that if we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence.” Those were the words of Joe Biden on July 27, 2021, in a statement the likes of which no other U.S. president had made before. It confirmed THE POWER STRUGGLE OVER THE INTERNET IS MORE INTENSE THAN EVER. But why has it escalated to the highest political levels, and what else do we need to know? iD explores the issues that have kept the realities of the Internet hidden from us until now.

WHERE DO PEOPLE PAY $300 TO LIVE IN A BOX? • Ask a simple question, get a simple answer? Think again!...


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