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Renewable, clean, unlimited energy – how can it be achieved? Christine Rüth from EFDA introduces the tokamak, the most advanced fusion device.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
When you read the newspaper, how do you know what to believe? Ed Walsh guides you and your students through the minefield of science in the media.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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;
What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes explore X-rays and gamma rays and investigate the ingenious techniques used by the European Space Agency to observe the cosmos at these wavelengths.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 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;
Renewable energy is not only important in the developed world; in developing countries, it may be a prerequisite to overcoming poverty. Marlene Rau introduces a teaching activity from Practical Action.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
What does it take to live on the Moon or even Mars? Erin Tranfield suggests an interdisciplinary teaching activity to get your students thinking about this – and learning a lot of science along the way.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Scientific research is not a career that most people believe to be suitable for the blind, but such beliefs are changing. Biologist Geerat Vermeij explains that, whether you are blind or not, science is competitive, tedious and hard – and he loves it.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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Harnessing the power of the Sun: fusion reactors
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 22
Bad science: how to learn from science in the media
Topics: Biology, General science
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How I killed Pluto: Mike Brown
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 21
Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
Topics: Physics, Biology
| Issue 21
More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 20
Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 20
Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary school science
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 19
Moja Island: learning about renewable energy sources
Topics: Earth science
| Issue 19
Building a space habitat in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
| Issue 18
To sea with a blind scientist
Topics: Profiles
