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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;
Many of the national Science on Stage organisations are becoming increasingly well established: running inspirational national events, inviting participants from across Europe to join them, and setting up projects with teachers in other countries. This commitment to European science education…
Ages: <11, 11-14, 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;
If you ask Italian school students to name an active volcano in their country, they will have a wealth of names – such as Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and all the other Aeolian Islands – to choose from.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Anna Lorenc from the Volvox project explains the importance of the enzyme urease and presents a protocol to demonstrate urease activity in the classroom.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
It is a regrettable fact that there is a marked decline of interest in learning about science among school students today (in many developed countries, at least).
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;
Horror movies are a popular, albeit rather despised, film genre. It is all the more surprising that the most horrific of the current crop of scary movies has recently won an Oscar, not to mention the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to its main protagonist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Laura Strieth, Karen Bultitude, Frank Burnet and Clare Wilkinson use drama and debate to encourage young people to discuss genetics and what it means for us all. Why not join in?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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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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Science on Stage: recent activities
Topics: Events
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What killed the woolly mammoth?
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Volcano Island, By David Lea and Professor Steve Sparks
Topics: Resources
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Investigating the action of urease
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science, By Moti Ben-Ari
Topics: Resources
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The International Space Station: a foothold in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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An Inconvenient Truth, By Al Gore
Topics: Resources
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Meet the Gene Machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school
Topics: Biology
