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For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Measure the distance from Earth to the Moon using high-school geometry and an international network of schools and observatories.
Ages: 14-16;
How far away are the stars? Explore in your classroom how astronomers measure distances in space.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How do astronomers measure distances to the stars? Using a digital camera to record parallax shift is an accurate and authentic method that can be used in a classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Would you know how to turn a bucket into a seismograph, how to make a scale model of a DNA double helix from cans and bottles, or how to simulate a human eye with the help of a shampoo bottle? Barbara Warmbein from the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, finds out.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Stephen Parker from the European Commission describes a contest that demonstrates the truly astonishing achievements of some aspiring young scientists.
Ages: 16-19;
Autumn showers, shortening days, jet-lag… nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of teachers, students and journalists from around the world who took part in the Spanish and German Science on Stage events. Sonia Furtado reports.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Marine biologist Jean-Luc Solandt tells Karin Ranero Celius about his commitment to study and preserve one of the world’s biggest treasures: the ocean.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Petra Nieckchen from EFDA reports on the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in Helsinki, Finland.
Ages: not applicable;
In the fifth and final article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, find out how scientists use the European Space Agency’s missions to observe the sky in far-infrared, sub-millimetre and microwave light.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 33
Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke
Topics: Physics
| issue 35
Geometry can take you to the Moon
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Mathematics
| Issue 39
Parallax: reaching the stars with geometry
Topics: Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 40
Finding the scale of space
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 1
Science teachers take centre stage
Topics: Events
| Issue 3
Something special in the air
Topics: Events
| Issue 11
Science on Stage: recent international events
Topics: Events
| Issue 16
Jean-Luc Solandt: diving into marine conservation
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 22
Camp of brilliant brains
Topics: Events
| Issue 40
More than meets the eye: the cold and the distant Universe
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
