What on Earth! Magazine

What on Earth! Magazine, published in partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the UK’s fastest-growing children’s magazine, helping curious kids fall in love with reading, knowledge and learning. Covering all their favourite topics – from space, animals and the natural world, to history, machines and inventions – each issue is bursting with amazing facts, photos, quizzes, puzzles, jokes and more!

COMPETITION!

FACTopia! • Follow the trail of crazily connected facts all the way from holes in the seafloor… to the smelliest place on Earth!

WHAT ON EARTH! Astonishing photos from around the world • Astonishing photos from around the world

Eureka! • The latest astonishing discoveries, inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

GIANT PANDA • Giant pandas might look cuddly, but they are actually solitary creatures that prefer to be left alone. Mothers and babies talk to one another, though. And so do adults looking for a mate. Giant pandas are found in the forests of southwest China.

SNOW LEOPARD • High up in the mountains of Central Asia, there are a number of sounds you should listen for. If you hear any of these, you might be close to one of the rarest big cats in the world – the snow leopard. And you should also be very wary. You don’t want to be confused for a Himalayan blue sheep – this cat’s favourite food!

WORD UP! • Your guide to the wonderful world of linguistics and languages. This month: taxonomy and tautonyms!

RISE OF THE ROBOTS! • For thousands of years, people have imagined machines that could talk and move by themselves. Today, robots are everywhere. How did we get here? And what will the robots do next?

Human & Machine • Discover how robots and other cutting-edge technologies are revolutionising the world of medicine.

Flying robots! • Find out about drones and why they could soon be taking over our skies…

NOBODY KNOWS!

LISTIFIED! • Prepare to be amazed (and amused!) by the unusual facts crammed into these irresistible lists.

PICTURE THIS! • Explore the world visually with infographics.

Puzzles & Games • Stumped? Don’t worry, you can find the answers to all the puzzles on page 48.

WACKY SCIENCE! • Discover some of the weirdest and wildest facts known to science – from crime-fighting bugs and flower clocks to alien octopuses from outer space.

The What on Earth! Quiz • Test your family’s brainpower by playing the What on Earth! Quiz together. Regular readers may have an advantage because some of the facts appeared in previous issues of the magazine. Don’t worry if you don’t know them all, though – the answers are at the end of the quiz!

FRUIT IN NUMBERS…

Absolutely Everything! • Each month we feature an amazing story from world history taken from the bestselling book by Christopher Lloyd, with illustrations by Andy Forshaw. This month: the fall of the dinosaurs and rise of mammals!

SEND IT IN! • A cherry blossom report from Tokyo in Japan!

History fact of the month

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Jokes & Riddles • Tickle your ribs and tease your brain with our favourite gags and riddles, hand-picked by our jokes editor May.