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What makes a cell turn cancerous – and how does a cancer become infectious? In the second of two articles on transmissible cancers, Elizabeth Murchison explains what the genetic details tell us.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
After four years travelling around the globe, the schooner Tara has returned with a world’s worth of scientific results.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
Why not make science relevant to your students’ lives with some simple practical activities using tattoo inks?
Ages: 14-16;
When next teaching photosynthesis, try these simple experiments with variegated plants.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
In this experiment, simple liquids that mimic blood are used to demonstrate blood typing.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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 EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
Discovering how infectious diseases spread may seem purely a matter for medical science – but taking a close look at the numbers can also tell us a great deal.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Is it possible to pass cancer from one individual to another? For some animals, it is – and, sadly, a unique Tasmanian species is facing possible extinction as a result.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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 EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
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Infectious cancers: the DNA story
Topics: Biology, Health
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Tara: an ocean odyssey
Topics: Biology
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Winners, workshops and illuminating science
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Science under your skin: activities with tattoo inks
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, General science
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Do leaves need chlorophyll for growth?
Topics: Biology
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Investigating blood types
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
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Pixels, pictures and powering up
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Health
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Infectious cancers
Topics: Biology, Health
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Making new connections and learning in new ways
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
