The ethics of genetics
Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.
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Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.
Simulate a neuron in the classroom.
What would it be like if numbers and musical tones had colours? People with synaesthesia experience the world in this way – and scientists are trying to find out why.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Scientists propose a new hypothesis to tackle one of the big remaining mysteries in animal evolution.
A controversial new technology is making gene editing far cheaper and easier – too easy, perhaps?
Exploring visual acuity requires not only biological experiments, but also some understanding of the underlying physics.
Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Teaching viscosity can be sweetened by using chocolate.
The ethics of genetics
The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system
Blended senses: understanding synaesthesia
Proxima b, extremophiles and record-breaking cables
What happens when cells embrace damage?
Faster, cheaper, CRISPR: the new gene technology revolution
Sharp eyes: how well can we really see?
The element of surprise
Sign up your students to see the large and the small
Melts in your viscometer, not in your hand