Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Exponential growth has become part of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. These simple exercises help explain this tricky concept
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Exponential growth has become part of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. These simple exercises help explain this tricky concept
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on exponential growth. This provides an opportunity to teach this tricky concept in a real-world context.
Hit me with your best shot: Vaccines have taken centre stage in the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the different types and how do they work?
How can AI systems like those developed to beat humans at games help unlock the secrets of protein function?
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.
How have scientists been working to tackle COVID-19 during the pandemic? This interview from European XFEL gives some interesting insight.
Fresh water is a scarce resource on our planet – but how many of us are aware of how much water is needed to make the foods we eat every day?
As scientists worldwide try to understand and help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, we take a brief look at what is currently known about this new virus.
Are you tempted to buy ‘superfoods’ for health reasons, despite the higher prices? These activities encourage students to explore some of the claims made for these celebrity foods.
New studies are uncovering how emissions from daily household activities pollute the air we breathe at home.
Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Exponential growth 2: real-life lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Vaccines in the spotlight
From gaming to cutting-edge biology: AI and the protein folding problem
How to understand a COVID-19 test result
Pulling together: a collaborative research approach to study COVID-19
Do you know your water footprint?
Coronavirus: the science in brief
Are ‘superfoods’ really so super?
Take a deep breath? Investigating indoor air pollution