Glaciers on Mars: looking for the ice
One of the scientists’ main interests in Mars research is water. Is there water on Mars?
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One of the scientists’ main interests in Mars research is water. Is there water on Mars?
You are what you eat – quite literally. Our diet can influence the tiny changes in our genome that underlie several diseases, including cancer and obesity.
For doctor Stefan Pfister, efforts to cure cancer happen at the hospital and in the laboratory.
A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.
Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Having difficulties explaining black holes to your students? Why not try these simple activities in the classroom?
Evolutionary relationships can be tricky to explain. By using simple, everyday objects, your students can work them out for themselves.
Using nothing but a pig’s heart, a knife and a supply of water, you and your students can investigate how the heart pumps.
Glaciers on Mars: looking for the ice
Food that shapes you: how diet can change your epigenome
Doctor in the morning, researcher in the afternoon
From model organism to medical advances
Tales from a plague pit
Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Peering into the darkness: modelling black holes in primary school
Phylogenetics of man-made objects: simulating evolution in the classroom
From the bottom of our hearts: a hands-on demonstration of the mammalian heartbeat