The latest issue of IFLScience ’s e - magazine CURIOUS is out now , bringing you scientific discipline highlights for the month plus deep dive into intriguing topics , interviews , exclusives , diary dates , and explanations for some of Earth ’s most perplexing innate phenomena and landscapes .

Join us as we put curious query to top experts , share extract from the latest science book , and harness some of the most intriguing topics across skill . Are you CURIOUS ? Find out what to expect fromIssue 5below .

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In This issuing …

OUR COVER STORY

Dare we become transhuman?Tom Haleuncovers the mirky yesteryear and rarefied goal of transhumanism and explains how , in some ways , we ’re already there .

DEEP DIVE

Can Humans Learn To Hibernate?As half the major planet plunges into the darkest depths of wintertime , some of us are wondering why we could n’t just look it out in a state of matter of hibernation like the bear of Katmai National Park’sFat Bear Week . Dr Katie Spaldingfound out what ’s stopping us , and how space travelling might make it a necessity .

WE HAVE QUESTIONS

Why are there no fleeceable mammals?Christmas is loom and as the Grinch comes prancing back into our livesRachael Funnellasks : why are there no green mammal ? ZSL London Zoo ’s Senior Keeper Shannon Farrington lay it out for us .

WHERE ON EARTH

There ’s nothing more festive than the red crabby person migration of Christmas Island . Rachael Funnell explains how and why these animals swarm in their chiliad to travel from their forest home base for a risky dip in the sea .

EXCLUSIVE : encounter THE AUTHOR AND BOOK EXCERPT

Mathematician and novelistManil Suritakes us on a numerical journey in his latest record book , The Big Bang of numbers racket : How To Build The Universe Using Only Math . We found out why it ’s a must - take for mathematicaphiles .

Plus : News , journal appointment , what to see , watch over , and say this month , and much more .