The importance of failure: interview with Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a Nobel-prizewinning career.
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Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a Nobel-prizewinning career.
In the fifth and final article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, find out how scientists use the European Space Agency’s missions to observe the sky in far-infrared, sub-millimetre and microwave light.
Repairing a fusion device can be challenging for humans. Drones may be the answer.
Challenge your students to work out which exploits of comic-book heroes like Superman might actually be possible – given a miracle or two.
Typical school exchanges focus on language and culture – but you can also build a successful exchange programme around science.
If you ever buy an energy drink as a pick-me-up, do you know what it contains? Here we use laboratory chemistry to find out.
How far away are the stars? Explore in your classroom how astronomers measure distances in space.
Encouraging your students to create science videos can be a way of catching – and keeping – their attention.
Entertain your audiences with these tricky feats, which showcase Newton’s laws of motion in action.
Learn how to carry out microscale experiments for greener chemistry teaching – and less washing up.
The importance of failure: interview with Paul Nurse
More than meets the eye: the cold and the distant Universe
Fusion drones: robot technicians for nuclear devices
Heroes and villains: the science of superheroes
Science without borders: an astronomy-based school exchange
Cans with a kick: the science of energy drinks
Parallax: reaching the stars with geometry
Hooked on science
Fantastic feats
Small is beautiful: microscale chemistry in the classroom