Becoming an astronaut: interview with Matthias Maurer
The European Space Agency’s newest astronaut recruit talks about his exhilarating experiences in astronaut training and what the future has in store for space flight.
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The European Space Agency’s newest astronaut recruit talks about his exhilarating experiences in astronaut training and what the future has in store for space flight.
Use a lollipop to activate colour-changing redox reactions in this simple but eye-catching activity.
A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Give your students the opportunity to work as real scientists and win a unique experience experimenting at CERN.
Have a look at some of the most popular articles from the last four issues of Science in School.
Pathogens that threaten human health are constantly evolving to keep ahead of our defences. But we can now track these changes at the genetic level, even as they are happening.
Get your hands dirty with these classroom experiments exploring the composition of soil – and find out why this matters.
By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
Becoming an astronaut: interview with Matthias Maurer
Colourful chemistry: redox reactions with lollipops
Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
Dinosaur discovery, self-sufficient space flight and structural biology for students
Students and science collide: CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition
Year in review: our ten most-read articles
Evolution in action: pathogens
Field research: discovering the structure of soil
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors