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Editorial News from the EIROs Events Feature article: Svante Pääbo Cutting-edge science Teaching activities Project in science education Science topics Scientist profile Reviews

Editorial

• Welcome to the twentieth issue of Science in School
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News from the EIROs

• Google, guts and gravity
  EIROforum, the publisher of Science in School, reports on the latest news from its eight European inter-governmental research organisations.
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Events

• Forthcoming events
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Feature article

• An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo
  Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
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Cutting-edge science

• Healthy horrors: the benefits of parasites
  Should we change our view of the horrors that dwell within us?
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• Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish
  Scientists from ILL and ESRF have discovered how Arctic fish use antifreeze to survive sub-zero conditions.
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Teaching activities

• Fizzy fun: CO₂ in primary-school science
  Why not try these fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide?
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• Hunting for asteroids
  Keen to save the world? In this activity, you can potentially do just that: by detecting real asteroids – which may be heading for Earth.
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• Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
  Exploit your students' interest in cars to investigate how plastics are synthesised and recycled.
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Project in science education

• Going wild: teaching physics on a roller coaster
  Roller coasters, carousels and other amusement park rides can be great fun – and can even be used as a science lesson.
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Science topics

• More than meets the eye: the electromagnetic spectrum
  Meet the European Space Agency’s fleet of science missions, which are opening our eyes to a mysterious and hidden Universe.
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• Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
  How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist.
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Scientist profile

• Warrior against pseudoscience: Daniella Muallem
  Daniella is one of many young scientists who have taken up arms against misleading ‘scientific’ claims.
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Reviews

• The Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) website
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• Sustainable Energy – without the hot air
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• Translations - from today’s science to tomorrow’s medicine in Berlin-Buch
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• The Rough Guide to the Brain
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• Globesity: A planet out of control?
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