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By Mario Mitov and Yolina Hubenova Could hydrogen be the best alternative for fossil fuels? This demonstration shows how a hydrogen economy might work in practice. While fossil fuel resources are slowly being exhausted, the growing population of our planet is consuming ever more and more energy. We…
Halina Stanley from the American School in Grenoble, France, reviews some of her favourite ‘ask a scientist’ websites in English and French. Thanks to the help of many readers throughout Europe, we can also draw your attention to sites in Croat, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian,…
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Professor Tim Hunt, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks to Philipp Gebhardt about his passion for science, the importance of pure research, the influence of enthusiastic colleagues – and the role of serendipity in scientific discovery.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Angelika Börsch-Haubold demonstrates the olfactory delights of organic chemistry.
Ages: 16-19;
RNA is a crucial biological molecule that is seldom mentioned in detail in textbooks. In the first article in a series, Russ Hodge describes some exciting recent research on RNA.
Ages: 16-19;
Everyone does it everywhere all the time. I am not talking about Germans smoking, Americans eating burgers, or adults having sex – although the latter gets us thinking in the right direction.
Ages: 16-19;
The Science Magic books are part of a series of home-based practical science books that take as their unusual theme the use of items typically found in particular rooms of the house.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
The foundations of democratic western civilisation are under threat, argues Dick Taverne. Since the Enlightenment, material and social progress in our society has relied to a large extent on the achievements of science and on the freedom of scientists to question and experiment, free from dogma and…
Ages: 16-19;
Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction are both real tours de force and very engaging books. Their small size makes them easy to pack and take away to read during any spare moments.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Rather than being a book in which one dips to search for the answer to a particular question or for a desired fact, Experimental Design for the Life Sciences is a book to read through in its entirety: the student begins at the beginning and works through, learning how to design a good experiment in…
Ages: 16-19;
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‘Ask a scientist’ websites
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Eyes on the horizon, feet on the ground: interview with Tim Hunt
Topics: Biology, General science, Science and society
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Small molecules make scents
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Of Roman roads, train yards and inspectors: recent discoveries in RNA research
Topics: Biology
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The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, By Robbins Burling
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Science Magic: in the Kitchen and Science Magic: in the Bathroom, By Richard Robinson
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The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism, By Dick Taverne
Topics: Resources
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Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction, By Keith Thomson and David Norman
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Experimental Design for the Life Sciences (2nd Edition), By Graeme D. Ruxton and Nick Colegrave
Topics: Resources
