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In popular TV detective series, genetic fingerprinting is commonly used to identify criminals. Sara Müller and Heike Göllner-Heibült take a look behind the scenes.
Ages: 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;
The topic of polymers is often limited to chemistry lessons. The Establish project offers some hands-on activities to investigate these materials and some of their medical applications.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
When your doctor prescribes you a tablet and you get better, was it really the drug or could it have been the colour of the tablet? Andrew Brown investigates the placebo effect.
Ages: 16-19;
What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs).
Ages: not applicable;
Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla.
Ages: 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;
Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo tells Eleanor Hayes how he excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
Ages: 16-19;
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Genetic fingerprinting: a look inside
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 22
Bad science: how to learn from science in the media
Topics: Biology, General science
| Issue 21
Polymers in medicine
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 21
Just the placebo effect?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
Topics: Physics, Biology
| Issue 21
Trapped by scientists: antimatter, cholesterol and red blood cells
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
| Issue 21
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 20
Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 20
An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo
Topics: Biology
