An almost fearless brain
Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.
 
    
    
    
    
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                    Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.                    
         
                    For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?                    
         
                    Even though teachers don’t go to school during the ‘holidays’, they are still working. There are the new curricula to read and lessons to plan, and perhaps even exams to mark. During my summer, I’ve met some of you at conferences and workshops, where we shared advice on how best to teach…                    
         
                    Watching what happens to the electrodes in a lithium-ion battery with neutron science.                    
         
                    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.                    
         
                    After four years travelling around the globe, the schooner Tara has returned with a world’s worth of scientific results.                    
         
                    A packed schedule brought teachers from across Europe and Canada to share ideas, best practice and a lot of fun.                    
         
                    Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.                    
         
                    From a scientific career to the theatre: how Ben Lillie tells the stories behind the science.                    
         
                    Exploring coloured chemistry using smartphones                    
        
            
                An almost fearless brain            
        
        
            
                Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke            
        
        
            
                Welcome to the 33rd issue of Science in School            
        
        
            
                Towards a better lithium-ion battery            
        
        
            
                Infectious cancers: the DNA story            
        
        
            
                Tara: an ocean odyssey            
        
        
            
                Science teaching in the spotlight            
        
        
            
                Winners, workshops and illuminating science            
        
        
            
                From smashing science to smashing stories            
        
        
            
                Smartphones in the lab: how deep is your blue?