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The Science in School Student Writing Contest 2026

The submissions for this competition are closed. We have selected the winners among ~ 150 submissions! All participants should have received an email informing them whether or not they have been selected. Keep an eye out for the winning articles, which will be published in February 2027. To mark…

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Cells: why shape matters

New techniques are revealing how cells control their shape – and the changes that could give an early warning of…

       

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Primary circuses of experiments

Catch them young! Alex Griffin, Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from the University of Bristol, UK, show how important it is to interest young…

         

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Just the placebo effect?

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…

           


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