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One of the world’s largest migrations is probably driven by a hormone that governs our sleep patterns.
Ages: 11-14;
Learn how fluorescent biosensors can monitor the chemistry inside living cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Recreate the epic fight between pathogens and the immune system in your classroom.
Ages: 11-14;
To support children with colour vision deficiency in our classrooms, we have to understand their condition.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
A citizen science project travelled over 7000 km to explore the microbial population in students’ mouths.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Neuroscientist and stand-up comic Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What makes a cell turn cancerous – and how does a cancer become infectious? In the second of two articles on transmissible cancers, Elizabeth Murchison explains what the genetic details tell us.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In this experiment, simple liquids that mimic blood are used to demonstrate blood typing.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Discovering how infectious diseases spread may seem purely a matter for medical science – but taking a close look at the numbers can also tell us a great deal.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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How plankton gets jet-lagged
Topics: Understand, Biology, Health
| Issue 36
Cellular redox – living chemistry
Topics: Understand, Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 36
Ready, set, infect!
Topics: Biology, Health, Teach
| issue 35
Fifty shades of muddy green
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
| Issue 34
A safari in your mouth’s microbial jungle
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 34
Learning from laughter
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 33
An almost fearless brain
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
| Issue 33
Infectious cancers: the DNA story
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 32
Investigating blood types
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 32
Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Health
