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Human activities continue to influence our climate on a global scale, but a number of other interlinked mechanisms also play a role.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A species of bacterium discovered on the decaying wreck of the Titanic is providing new insights into how to protect living cells from damage.
Ages: 16-19;
This medical treatment might sound repulsive, but don’t pooh-pooh it just yet.
Ages: 16-19;
Brighten up your chemistry lessons by looking at bioluminescence.
Ages: 16-19;
Try these hands-on activities to introduce your students to microplastics – a hazard for fish and other marine animals – and to our responsibilities to our environment.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
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;
Many naturally occurring compounds are useful in medicine – but they can be fabulously expensive to obtain from their natural sources. New scientific methods of synthesis and production are overcoming this problem.
Ages: 16-19;
Marlene Rau presents some fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide, developed by Chemol and Science on the Shelves.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Teaching science in primary school can be challenging. Astrid Kaiser and Marlene Rau describe a rich source of online materials in three languages – and highlight some activities about oil and water.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
This year has been proclaimed the International Year of Biodiversity. During 2010, governments will seek to reach agreement on a new biodiversity target, to be decided at the Nagoya summit in October. Will this enable us to save not only whales and tigers, but also our own species? Marlene Rau…
Ages: 14-16;
| Issue 47
Ten things that affect our climate
Topics: Physics, Biology, Earth science
| Issue 43
Titanic and the iron-eating bacteria
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 40
Manipulating the gut microbiome: the potential of poo
Topics: Biology, Health
| issue 35
Living light: the chemistry of bioluminescence
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 34
Microplastics: small but deadly
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society
| Issue 33
Tara: an ocean odyssey
Topics: Biology
| Issue 28
Inspired by nature: modern drugs
Topics: Chemistry, General science, Health
| Issue 20
Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary school science
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 16
LeSa21: primary-school science activities
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, General science
| Issue 15
Homo sapiens – an endangered species?
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
