Whether you're watching a YouTube video, downloading an email, buying a birthday present or  linking up with friends online, you're sending data across the Internet. But how does "the web" actually work, and what lies behind it? Here, in this Naked Science Scrapbook episode supported by 4D Data Centres, all is revealed...

How does the Internet work? - Science Scrapbook 12.07.30

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Launched in 1977 to study the Solar system's gas giant planets, Voyager 1 is still operating. But now it's so far away that the Solar wind has weakened and a deluge of cosmic particles from intergalactic space is assailing it. Now interstellar space awaits. But where does the Solar system end and this new frontier begin?

Where Does the Solar System End? - Science Scrapbook 13.11.12

13.11.12 - Where Does the Solar System End? - Science Scrapbook

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of a new fundamental particle, that could be the much sought-after Higgs boson. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out what a Higgs boson actually is, and why finding it could help us understand the structure of the universe a little bit better...

What is the Higgs boson? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.07

13.10.07 - What is the Higgs boson? - Science Scrapbook

What do nerve cells look like, how do they carry information, and how does one nerve connect and communicate with another nerve? Find out in this spine-tingling Naked Science Scrapbook episode...

How do Nerves Carry Information? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.04

Naked Science Scrapbook

How does the Internet work? - Science Scrapbook 12.07.30

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