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Professor Lewis Wolpert discusses his controversial ideas about belief, science education and much more with Vienna Leigh from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Ages: 16-19;
Henri Boffin from ESOw1 in Garching, Germany, follows the mystery of gamma-ray bursts from their first discovery to the most recent research on these dramatic astronomical explosions.
Ages: 16-19;
In the first of two articles, climate researcher Rasmus Benestad from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute examines the evidence for climate change.
Ages: 16-19;
Bringing marine science into the classroom can be challenging work for teachers. So why not take the classroom – and the teachers – to sea? Vikki Gunn’s Classroom@Sea project does just that.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Students Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek and teacher Marek Tyle from the Gymnázium Písek in the Czech Republic won the 2007 Catch a Star competition. Sai Pathmanathan describes their prize-winning project.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Professor Tim Hunt, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks to Philipp Gebhardt about his passion for science, the importance of pure research, the influence of enthusiastic colleagues – and the role of serendipity in scientific discovery.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Angelika Börsch-Haubold demonstrates the olfactory delights of organic chemistry.
Ages: 16-19;
RNA is a crucial biological molecule that is seldom mentioned in detail in textbooks. In the first article in a series, Russ Hodge describes some exciting recent research on RNA.
Ages: 16-19;
Do your students find it hard to see the application of science to other subjects? Montserrat Capellas from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, explains how modern chemical analyses are shedding light on ancient Pompeii.
Ages: 16-19;
Katie Wynne and Steve Bloom from Imperial College London, UK, describe their work on a hormone that could tackle the causes of obesity.
Ages: 16-19;
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Interview with Lewis Wolpert
Topics: Biology, General science, Profiles
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Fusion in the Universe: gamma-ray bursts
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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What do we know about climate? The evidence for climate change
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
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Classroom@Sea: bringing real marine science into the classroom
Topics: Earth science
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Students Catch a Star: researching and observing a solar eclipse
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Eyes on the horizon, feet on the ground: interview with Tim Hunt
Topics: Biology, General science, Science and society
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Small molecules make scents
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Of Roman roads, train yards and inspectors: recent discoveries in RNA research
Topics: Biology
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Recovering Pompeii
Topics: Chemistry
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Oxyntomodulin: a new therapy for obesity?
Topics: Biology, Health
