BBC Focus

CONTENTS FOCUS OCTOBER 2016

32 The next giant leap
If we want to explore beyond the Solar
System, we’re going to need a bigger
spaceship. So how’s that going to work?

42 Electric life forms that

feed on pure energy
Discover the bizarre microbes that live
underground and eat electricity.

50 The art of saving lives

Medical machines as you’ve never seen

them before, thanks to the efforts of

Austrian photographer Reiner Riedler.

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58 The world’s

first Roborace

Move over F1: the future of motorsport lies

in fully autonomous, all electric vehicles.

Or at least, the organisers of this year’s

inaugural Roborace are hoping it does.

64 360° headphones

If you’re serious about VR gaming, you’ll

needapairofcansthatareuptothejob.

We test some of the latest models.

70 Understand... the end

of the Universe

Oneday,it’llallbeover andhere’show.

76 The future of zoos

Zoos: a cruel sideshow, or a vital resource in

the quest to preserve Earth’s biodiversity?

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