Environment
What Really Happens After You Drop Something in the Recycling Bin
Recycling is not magic and it is not pointless. It is a sorting problem — and how you throw things away decides whether it works.
Issue 12 · September 2026
Water
Where it comes from, where it goes, and why the same drop has been going round for millions of years.
Issue 12 · September 2026
Water
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- 12
- Puzzles
- 6
- Articles
- 4
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What's inside this edition
- Cover StoryThe Water That Has Been Here Since the Dinosaurs
- EnvironmentWhat Really Happens After You Drop Something in the Recycling Bin
- Science & TechnologyWhy Is the Sky Blue — and Why Does It Turn Orange at Sunset?
- Wildlife & NatureThe Honeybee That Gives Directions by Dancing
- Historical FootprintsThe Story of Zero
- Creativity CornerDraw Your Green Tomorrow — competition opens
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Science
Why Is the Sky Blue — and Why Does It Turn Orange at Sunset?
Sunlight looks white, but it is really every colour mixed together. What happens next is the reason the sky changes colour twice a day.
Nature & Wildlife
The Honeybee That Gives Directions by Dancing
A bee that finds flowers comes home and dances. The angle and the length of the dance tell the hive exactly where to fly.
History
The Story of Zero: How a Symbol for Nothing Changed Everything
For most of history, counting had no way to write 'none'. The idea that fixed it came from India — and it made modern mathematics possible.
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5 questions
Environment
Our Planet: The Basics
Ten minutes on Earth, its air, its water and its weather.
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Draw Your Green Tomorrow
Draw or paint the world you would like to live in twenty years from now. Any medium, any style — we want to see the idea.
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