Sandy beaches: connecting land, ocean, and humans
Every tide tells a story. Discover how waves, shells, and even litter reveal clues about marine life and our shared connection with nature.
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Tangible statistics: cutting and weaving through data
Data has become a powerful tool in our lives, helping us understand the world beyond biases and misinformation. But without engaging communication, this wealth of information and its analysis often goes untapped. Enter data physicalization – the ultimate approach that transforms data into…
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The Beamline for Schools competition: connecting high school students to particle physics since 2014
Students worldwide can win a life-changing opportunity to work at a real particle accelerator such as CERN, DESY or ELSA.
Gene Horizons: a video introduction to the science behind gene therapies
A new short film explores the science behind gene therapies, with the help of five leading experts in the field and a unique, stop-motion animation.
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‘Eggsperiments’ for Easter
This Easter, have some intriguing science fun with eggs. You’ll never look at them the same way…
Physics
Silken, stretchy and stronger than steel!
Could spider silk be the answer to medical and military challenges? Giovanna Cicognani from the Institut Laue-Langevin and Montserrat Capellas from…
Physics, Biology, Chemistry
Classroom@Sea: bringing real marine science into the classroom
Bringing marine science into the classroom can be challenging work for teachers. So why not take the classroom – and the teachers – to sea? Vikki…
Earth science
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The 13th International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry
July 8th- 10th, St Pauls School, London I hope you have enjoyed the microscale chemistry articles that Adrian Allan and I presented in issues, 53, 54,57, 60, 65, and 69. If you are teaching chemistry do have a look at them. Other authors have also submitted ideas in issues 16 and 39. It is a…
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