BBC Knowledge Asia Edition2

Contents

Vol. 8 Issue 5

SCIENCE

BBC

14 BBC Knowledge Magazine School

Challenge 2015

This issue, we join the winners from last year’s competition

as they travel to United Kingdom and Brunei for an education

trip like no others

FEATURES

SCIENCE

SCIENCE

44 Where The Wild Things Are

From DNA trackers to drone spies and extremely high resolution

cameras, the technology used for animal tracking today will put

James Bond to shame

HISTORY

HISTORY

NATURE

50 How To Forecast Weather

Attempting to predict the ever-changing chaotic, turbulent

atmosphere has been an ongoing endeavour since the 1800s.

Will we ever get a precise weather prediction?

56 Building A Planet On Earth

Scientist are finding ways to recreate the ferocious conditions

inside gas giant planets to uncover what lies within. But even

until today, the largest planet in the Solar System (Jupiter) still

hasn’t given up all its secrets

62 Canine Comeback

Italy’s wolf population has made a remarkable recovery since the

1970s, with a large number of them protected within the Abruzzi

Apennines reserves and national parks. Follow award-winning

photojournalist Bruno D’Amicis as he redefines our relationship

with these large carnivores

70 Verdun: Hell On Earth

You may have learnt about World War II, but how much do you

know about The Battle of Verdun, a significant battle during

World War I? It is true when one says that a war will be the end

of all of us. Read on to understand the gruelling times between

both French and Germans during 1916

ON THE COVER

ON THE COVER

ON THE COVER

We all know that fossil

fuels are dwindling, so what

alternatives do we have to

produce energy? Can we

outweigh the positive effects

of nuclear energy and how

long more do we have before

we run out of clean energy

choices?

Cover Story

44

Where The Wild

Things Are

36 How We’ll Keep

The Lights On

36 How We’ll Keep

The Lights One

56 Building A Planet On Earth