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The incidence of diabetes is on the rise, in both the developed and developing worlds. Klaus Dugi, Professor of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, discusses the causes, symptoms and treatment of diabetes.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Scientists working at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, have discovered a crystal that appears to defy the laws of physics. Giovanna Cicognani from ILL reports.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
We tend to think of our genetic information as being encoded in DNA – in our genes. Brona McVittie from Epigenome NoE, UK, describes why this is only part of the story.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Peer Bork’s research group has meticulously reconstructed a new tree of life – tracing the course of evolution. Russ Hodge explains.
Ages: 16-19;
Dhara Thakerar, a second-year student of natural sciences at Cambridge University, UK, elucidates the science of chocolate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Everyone knows what symmetry is. In this article, though, Mario Livio from the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA, explains how not only shapes, but also laws of nature, can be symmetrical.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Are you a biologist with a mission? Do you want to fight crime with science? Martin Hall and Amoret Brandt from The Natural History Museum in London, UK, introduce the fascinating (and smelly) field of forensic entomology.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Susan Greenfield and Martin Westwell from the Institute for the Future of the Mind consider the needs of the future scientist.
Ages: not applicable;
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, describes the search for Earth-like planets elsewhere in our galaxy.
Ages: 16-19;
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Diabetes mellitus
Topics: Biology, Health
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Defying the laws of physics?
Topics: Physics
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Epigenetics
Topics: Biology, Health
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A new tree of life
Topics: Biology
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Chocolate’s chemical charm
Topics: Chemistry
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Symmetry rules
Topics: Physics, Mathematics
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Forensic entomology
Topics: Biology
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The scientist of the future
Topics: Science and society, General science
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Are there Earth-like planets around other stars?
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
