BBC Focus Magazine

Satisfy Your Curiosity!
Experts explain things you’ve always wondered about and reveal the latest findings on scientific marvels, from ancient times to tomorrow.

Each Issue of BBC Focus includes new gadgets and toys for the scientifically curious, the best in gaming and the Internet, plus quizzes and puzzles for hours of mind-stretching fun.

This magazine contains some UK-specific content.

Please allow 8-10 weeks for your first issue to arrive.

Issue 212

Born to Sin

Technology reveals what's going on in our brains when we're behaving badly.
The Lost Cities

Finding remains of ancient civilisations... from space
Why Are We Still Waiting?

10 questions scientists haven't managed to answer yet
Seven Wonders

The Solar System's most incredible sights
Cloud Computing

Will hard disks soon be joining cassettes on the tech scrapheap?
Q&A

Why clocks go clockwise, and why Britain has bigger plugs than America?

PLUS

* Megapixel: Amazing images from around the world
* Update: The biggest stories from the science and technology world
* Objects of Desire: Electric bikes and PCs pretending to be keyboards
* Tried & Tested: It's a smartphone showdown: is the iPhone still king?
* Mindgames: Puzzles that'll baffle the biggest brain, and a crossword to confound the cleverest of clogs

Eye Opener--The month in amazing pictures

Agenda--The month's news from the world of science

Q&A--Answering your science questions each month

The Guide--Everything for the clued-in consumer including previews of events and exhibitions, book and DVD reviews, gorgeous gadgetry, science on the web, games, product tests, and what's next, a look at future gadgets

Mind Games--Puzzles and quizzes