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Are you tempted to buy ‘superfoods’ for health reasons, despite the higher prices? These activities encourage students to explore some of the claims made for these celebrity foods.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Use a common chemical technique from the field of forensics to reveal fingerprints in the laboratory.
Ages: 16-19;
Try these crossword puzzles as an entertaining way for your students to brush up on their science general knowledge.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Theoretical physicist Maria Ubiali reflects on her role as a particle phenomenologist working at the interface between theory and experiment.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In Arctic regions, landscapes are changing fast. This has profound effects on their biological systems, but how are communities and their traditional lifestyles affected?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The possibility of worlds beyond our own has fascinated people for millennia. Now technology is bringing these other worlds – or exoplanets – within reach of discovery.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Three key factors were required for life to develop on Earth – but which factor came first? Recent research could help settle the debate.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How can you make oil and water stay mixed? A scientist’s curiosity about a lemon liqueur has revealed how to do this – with some promising industrial applications.
Ages: 16-19;
New research is shedding light on the internal ‘clocks’ that help plants respond to changing day-night cycles.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Witness a spectacular chemical reaction and take some careful measurements to work out the empirical formula of a compound.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Are ‘superfoods’ really so super?
Topics: Chemistry, Health
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Solving crimes with chemistry
Topics: Chemistry
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Science crosswords
Topics: General science
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Phenomenal physics
Topics: Profiles
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The social science of climate change
Topics: Biology, Earth science, Science and society
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Hunting for exoplanets
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Finding the recipe for life on Earth
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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Limoncello and the science of emulsions
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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How plants beat jet lag
Topics: Biology
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Classic chemistry: finding the empirical formula
Topics: Chemistry
