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Galactic Archaeology: how we study our home galaxy

How do we study the galaxy we live in? It’s a bit like being asked to draw a map of your city without being able to leave your house. You might be able to peer through the windows and see some features like streets and tall buildings, but most will be hidden by nearby houses. […]

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Shedding light on a Picasso

Explore how researchers investigate artworks without damaging them and reveal hidden information in paintings by using different wavelengths of light!

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You’re researching what? Toothpaste?

Linda Sellou, a French PhD student at Bristol University, UK, tells Sai Pathmanathan, a science education journalist, what she thought of her school…

   

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Graphing stories

Sketch graphs from ‘story’ videos of everyday events to help students understand the basic features of graphs and how to interpret…

   


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