Harvesting light with the biggest eye on the sky
”Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”, the Olympic motto, could also apply to telescopes with a slight modification: “Bigger, Deeper, Sharper – Together”
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The Science in School Student Writing Contest 2026 is open!
To mark Science in School ’s 20th anniversary, we are launching a student writing competition inviting young people to explore the topic of sustainable and resilient tourism. All details below are also available in our downloadable and printable flyer. What is it about? 2027 is set to be the…
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Dive into the microscopic realm: exploring plankton with your students
Turn your classroom into a marine science station and step into the lively world of plankton – tiny aquatic dancers under the microscope that quietly power food webs and even Earth’s ecosystems.
Are we alone? Exoplanets may hold the answers
Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Discovering them may answer one of the most asked questions: Are we alone in the universe?
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Articles from previous issues
Are there Earth-like planets around other stars?
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, describes the search for Earth-like planets elsewhere in our…
Physics, Astronomy / space
Launching a dream: the first European student satellite in orbit
One hour and 34 minutes after the bright tail of the Kosmos 3M rocket disappeared from view, more than one hundred students are checking their…
Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
Plasma: The fourth state
Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid and gas – but what is it like and what can it do? Plasma globes allow us to answer these…
Physics
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Genomics for Educators and Enthusiasts
EMBL invites teachers to join the free virtual course “Genomics for Educators and Enthusiasts” for an insight into key milestones in the field and into the innovative genome sequencing methods and technologies currently used by EMBL researchers. It provides access to a collection of…
TIMEPIX@school call for proposals 2026
The call for proposals 2026 for the CERN TIMEPIX@school programme is now open! TIMEPIX@school is a new CERN-led initiative supported through the CERN & Society Foundation that brings Timepix-based detectors, developed within the CERN Medipix2 Collaboration, into classrooms worldwide. Launched…
The 13th International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry
July 8th- 10th, St Pauls School, London I hope you have enjoyed the microscale chemistry articles that Adrian Allan and I presented in issues, 53, 54,57, 60, 65, and 69. If you are teaching chemistry do have a look at them. Other authors have also submitted ideas in issues 16 and 39. It is a…
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