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Editorial News from the EIROs Feature article: interview with CERN’s Rolf Heuer Cutting-edge science Teaching activities Science education projects Science topics Science and society

Editorial

• Welcome to the twenty-fifth issue of Science in School
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News from the EIROs

• Cool and hot science for a bright future
  EIROforum, the publisher of Science in School, reports on the latest news from its eight European inter-governmental research organisations.
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Feature article

• Accelerating the pace of science: interview with CERN’s Rolf Heuer
  “Science is a universal language and this is what we speak at CERN.”
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Cutting-edge science

• Sloppy fishing: why meiosis goes wrong
  Why does meiosis so often go wrong? And what are the consequences?
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• The numbers game: extending the periodic table
  So far, scientists have discovered 118 elements and the search is on for element 119.
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• Magnetic science: developing a new surfactant
  New surfactants can be collected and re-used simply by switching a magnetic field on and off.
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Teaching activities

• Movers and shakers: physics in the oceans
  Activities using simple water tanks are a good way to find out about the physics at work beneath the waves.
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• Exploring scientific research articles in the classroom
  Learn how to use research articles in your science lessons.
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Science education projects

• Galileo and the moons of Jupiter: exploring the night sky of 1610
  Learn how you and your students can use mathematics to study Jupiter’s moons.
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• Science in the open: bringing the Stone Age to life for primary-school pupils
  Taking pupils out of the classroom opens up a whole range of activities for teaching young children about the natural world.
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Science topics

• The changing face of orthodontics
  Orthodontics involves a great deal of fundamental science and fast-moving technology.
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• Weighing up the evidence: what is a kilo?
  We all know what a kilogram is – or do we? Researchers worldwide are working to define precisely what this familiar unit is.
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Science and society

• The mystery of altruism
  Does true altruism exist? And can science provide the answer?
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