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Shark skin is adapted for energy-efficient swimming in remarkable ways, some of which are now being copied by designers and engineers.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Challenge your students to work out which exploits of comic-book heroes like Superman might actually be possible – given a miracle or two.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Typical school exchanges focus on language and culture – but you can also build a successful exchange programme around science.
Ages: 14-16;
Do LGBT scientists feel they can be ‘out and proud’ at work? A biophysicist reflects on his own and other LGBT scientists’ experiences.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
To support children with colour vision deficiency in our classrooms, we have to understand their condition.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
From a scientific career to the theatre: how Ben Lillie tells the stories behind the science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Making pH-sensitive inks from fruits and vegetables is a creative variation of the cabbage-indicator experiment.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Since the first PISA study in 2000, changes in the system and innovations in the classroom have improved performance in Germany.
Ages: not applicable;
At the Royal Institution, science teacher and communicator Alom Shaha has helped develop the Experimental project to boost science at home.
Ages: not applicable;
| Issue 41
Design inspiration: the secrets of shark skin
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Engineering
| Issue 40
Heroes and villains: the science of superheroes
Topics: Physics, General science
| Issue 40
Science without borders: an astronomy-based school exchange
Topics: Physics, General science, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
Where are all the LGBT scientists? Sexuality and gender identity in science
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 39
Turning on the cosmic microphone
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Fifty shades of muddy green
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
| Issue 33
From smashing science to smashing stories
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 31
An artistic introduction to anthocyanin inks
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, General science
| Issue 31
Climbing the PISA ladder
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 31
Taking teaching home
Topics: Profiles
