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!

FACTopia! • Follow the trail of crazily connected facts all the way from a knight's helmet to… the world's loudest burp!

SNAP IT! • Astonishing photos from around the world

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

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

Are You a Banana? • The percentage of DNA humans have in common with other animals (and fruit!)

10 fascinating facts about November…

ADVENTURE IN SOUND • WHAT ARE SOUNDS? HOW DO WE HEAR THEM? AND HOW FAST DO THEY TRAVEL? LISTEN UP, AS WE SET OFF ON A FUN AND FASGINATING…

TEACHING THE WORLD TO LISTEN • DESPITE GOING COMPLETELY DEAF AS A CHILD, PERCUSSIONIST EVELYN GLENNIE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MUSIGIANS. THIS IS HER EXTRAORDINARY STORY.

8 astounding facts about TARDIGRADES! • Tardigrades may be tiny - just half a millimetre long - but they are also one of the toughest and most adaptable creatures on the planet. Here we celebrate the unique talents of this amazing microanimal.

FEELING THE COLD! • On the surface, Earth's average temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius. However, that's just the average. As you are about to discover, some places and things on our planet are much, much colder…

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 invention of writing and the wheel!

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Ask the experts • Readers ask. Experts answer. Send your questions to: experts@britannicamagazine.com

The BIG Britannica Quiz • Stretch your brain power with our tricky quiz. The first 20 questions are answered in the magazine, but the final five aren't Don't worry if you don't know them all. Just check out the answers bottom right and test your grown-ups, too!

Puzzles & Games • Stumped? Don't worry, you can find the answers to all the puzzles on page 34.

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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.