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Fantastic beasts: take a microscopic moss safari and learn about the diverse and resilient organisms that live in this challenging habitat.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Have you ever seen a blue cow? A blue apple? Or a blue tree? Blue is rare in nature, so why are some plants and animals blue?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How do social drugs affect metabolism? How is toxicity measured? How does climate change affect water ecosystems? Promote active learning by investigating these questions with Daphnia.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What do carrots and flamingos have in common? At first glance, not much, but look closer. Their rosy glows have surprisingly similar origins!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Blinded by the light: We rely on lights to see in the dark, but did you know that light pollution has serious environmental consequences?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Human activities continue to influence our climate on a global scale, but a number of other interlinked mechanisms also play a role.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A species of bacterium discovered on the decaying wreck of the Titanic is providing new insights into how to protect living cells from damage.
Ages: 16-19;
This medical treatment might sound repulsive, but don’t pooh-pooh it just yet.
Ages: 16-19;
Brighten up your chemistry lessons by looking at bioluminescence.
Ages: 16-19;
Try these hands-on activities to introduce your students to microplastics – a hazard for fish and other marine animals – and to our responsibilities to our environment.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
| Issue 63
Moss Safari: what lives in moss?
Topics: Biology, Earth science
| Issue 60
Colour in nature: true blue
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, General science
| Issue 59
From drugs to climate change: hands-on experiments with Daphnia as a model organism
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Health
| Issue 57
Colour in nature: think pink
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 56
Too much of a good thing – the problem of light pollution
Topics: Astronomy / space, Biology, Science and society, Sustainability
| Issue 47
Ten things that affect our climate
Topics: Physics, Biology, Earth science
| Issue 43
Titanic and the iron-eating bacteria
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 40
Manipulating the gut microbiome: the potential of poo
Topics: Biology, Health
| issue 35
Living light: the chemistry of bioluminescence
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 34
Microplastics: small but deadly
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society
