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One hundred years after the start of the First World War, chemical weapons are still in the news. We consider some of the ethical questions behind the war’s chemical legacy.
Ages: 16-19;
Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Civil engineer John Burland talks about the perils and practicalities of supporting some of the world’s most iconic buildings.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Something as everyday as bread can offer a surprising spectrum of interdisciplinary teaching opportunities.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
To change the world would be amazing enough. Mike Brown changed the Solar System. Eleanor Hayes explains.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Even everyday scents have the power to take us back in time, awakening half-forgotten memories. With Gianluca Farusi’s help, you can take your students 2000 years into the past, recreating and testing Julius Caesar’s perfume.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo tells Eleanor Hayes how he excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
Ages: 16-19;
Earthquakes, global climate or the placement of wind farms – with the help of geographic information systems, these can all be investigated dynamically in the classroom. Joseph Kerski describes how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Yasmin Khan from the Science Museum in London, UK, reveals how deeply our modern civilisation has been enriched by previous Muslim civilisations – and argues for a more balanced approach to the history of science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 29
Experiments in integrity – Fritz Haber and the ethics of chemistry
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 27
Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 27
Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 26
Propping up the wall: how to rescue a leaning tower
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Engineering
| Issue 23
Bread-making: teaching science in primary school
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, General science
| Issue 21
How I killed Pluto: Mike Brown
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 21
Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 20
An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo
Topics: Biology
| Issue 15
GIS: analysing the world in 3D
Topics: Earth science
| Issue 3
1000 years of missing science
Topics: Science and society
