How to understand a COVID-19 test result
A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
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A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
A study of 200 million-year-old teeth from the earliest mammals provides fascinating insight into how they lived.
Measure the distance from Earth to the Moon using high-school geometry and an international network of schools and observatories.
Brighten up your chemistry lessons by looking at bioluminescence.
This Easter, have some intriguing science fun with eggs. You’ll never look at them the same way again!
Help your students explore an exothermic reaction using the real-world example of a self-heating patch.
School children in India built their own digital microscope, bent light and investigated gas laws. Find out how.
Folktales can be a great way to introduce hands-on science into the primary-school classroom.
How to understand a COVID-19 test result
Ancient tiny teeth reveal first mammals lived more like reptiles
Geometry can take you to the Moon
Living light: the chemistry of bioluminescence
‘Eggsperiments’ for Easter
Handwarmer science
Doing is understanding: science fun in India
Experimenting with storytelling