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Catching the influenza virus can be more than just a nuisance: these pathogens have caused the most deadly pandemic in recent history. Claire Ainsworth investigates how scientists are working to prevent it happening again.
Ages: 16-19;
Schistosomiasis is the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease after malaria. Alan Wilson and Stuart Haslam investigate new ways to combat the parasite – taking advantage of its sugar coating.
Ages: 16-19;
Do you believe that time travel has no place in a serious science lesson? Jim Al-Khalili from the University of Surrey, UK, disagrees. He shows how the topic of time travel introduces some of the ideas behind Einstein’s theories of relativity.
Ages: 16-19;
In the second of two articles, Rolf Landua from CERN takes us deep below the ground to visit the largest scientific endeavour on Earth – the Large Hadron Collider and its experiments.
Ages: 16-19;
On 10 September 2008 at 10:28 am, the world’s largest particle accelerator – the Large Hadron Collider – was switched on. But why? In the first of two articles, Rolf Landua from CERN and Marlene Rau from EMBL investigate the big unresolved questions of particle physics and what the LHC can…
Ages: 16-19;
Mico Tatalovic from the University of Cambridge, UK, investigates the private lives of meerkats. Why do these small carnivores live in groups? Why do they feed each other’s pups, dig together and guard each other? And what makes a really good sentinel?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Can you play world-class sport, and also be part of a team that tries to understand the nature of our Universe? Yes – just ask Tamara Davis. Henri Boffin from ESO talked to her in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Climate change is nothing new. Caitlin Sedwick describes how a computer model is helping scientists to explain the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Ages: 16-19;
In the first of two articles, Shamim Hartevelt-Velani and Carl Walker from the European Space Agency take us on a trip to the International Space Station.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Halina Stanley investigates the history of chewing gum, how the chemistry of the gum affects its properties, and how scientists are using this knowledge to make chewing gum less of a pollutant.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Outmanoeuvering influenza’s tricks
Topics: Biology
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Sugary insights into worm parasite infections
Topics: Biology, Health
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Time travel: science fact or science fiction?
Topics: Astronomy / space
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The LHC: a look inside
Topics: Physics, Engineering
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The LHC: a step closer to the Big Bang
Topics: Physics
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Sentinels: meerkat superheroes
Topics: Biology
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“Intelligence is of secondary importance in research”
Topics: Astronomy / space, General science
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What killed the woolly mammoth?
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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The International Space Station: a foothold in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Materials science to the rescue: easily removable chewing gum
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
