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When your doctor prescribes you a tablet and you get better, was it really the drug or could it have been the colour of the tablet? Andrew Brown investigates the placebo effect.
Ages: 16-19;
What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Marco Martucci tells Eleanor Hayes what science teaching and radio journalism have in common.
Ages: not applicable;
Did you realise that fireworks cause measurable air pollution? Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from Bristol University, UK, explain how to investigate atmospheric pollutants in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Meet an astronaut, cook a comet and plan a trip to Mars. Shamim Hartevelt introduces a recent teacher workshop at ESA.
Ages: not applicable;
Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes explore X-rays and gamma rays and investigate the ingenious techniques used by the European Space Agency to observe the cosmos at these wavelengths.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs).
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Thanks to everyone who donated to Science in School via our website; we were overwhelmed by the positive response. With your help and the support of our advertisers, we have been able to print and distribute Issue 21, as those of you who are reading this in print will realise. The battle…
Ages: not applicable;
Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Just the placebo effect?
Topics: Biology, Health
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Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
Topics: Physics, Biology
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A science teacher on air
Topics: Profiles
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Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality
Topics: Chemistry
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Science teaching in space: the ESA teachers workshop
Topics: Events
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More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Trapped by scientists: antimatter, cholesterol and red blood cells
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
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Welcome to the twenty-first issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
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Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
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The physics of crowds
Topics: Physics
