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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;
Steve Jones talks to Vienna Leigh about the startling re-emergence of creationism in Europe, how teachers can help, and why he will never argue with a creationist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Bernardo Patti is the Columbus mission manager at the European Space Agency. He is an engineer and worked at nuclear power plants before going into space technology. Shortly before Columbus was launched, he talked to Anna-Lynn Wegener.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In this, the second of two articles, climate researcher Rasmus Benestad from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute examines the evidence that humans are causing climate change.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Winfried Weissenhorn’s group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Grenoble, France, has uncovered a possible way to tackle a range of dangerous viruses –by trapping them inside their cocoons. Claire Ainsworth investigates.
Ages: 16-19;
Ever wondered what the solar wind means to us on Earth or what happens when the surface of the Sun erupts sporadically? Lucie Green from University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK, describes some of the recent research into the Sun’s atmosphere.
Ages: 16-19;
Science fact or science fiction? Margarita Marinova from Caltech, USA, investigates the possibility of establishing life on Mars.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Where do astronauts get their food? What happens to their waste? Adam Williams from the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, describes the development of an unmanned shuttle to supply the International Space Station.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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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
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Interview with Steve Jones: the threat of creationism
Topics: Biology
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Laboratory in space: interview with Bernardo Patti
Topics: Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
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What do we know about climate? Investigating the effects of anthropogenic global warming
Topics: Earth science, Science and society
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Locking the cradle
Topics: Biology, Health
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Research into the Sun’s atmosphere
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Life on Mars: terraforming the Red Planet
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science
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The Automated Transfer Vehicle – supporting Europe in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
