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Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future

A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.  

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The month of May brings with it two different planetary wonders, allowing us to recreate calculations first made 300 years…

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At the Royal Institution, science teacher and communicator Alom Shaha has helped develop the Experimental project to boost science at…

 


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