Turning on the cosmic microphone
A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.
    
    
    
    
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                    A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.                    
         
                    Intrigue your students with some surprising experiments – it’s a great way to challenge their intuitions and explore the laws of mechanics.                    
         
                    Simulate a neuron in the classroom.                    
         
                    Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out for themselves.                    
         
                    What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.                    
         
                    This June, students from around Europe met in Portugal to compete in the European CanSat competition. One of their teachers tells us more.                    
         
                    Exploring visual acuity requires not only biological experiments, but also some understanding of the underlying physics.                    
         
                    Astronomers are still trying to discover exactly why galaxies formed in spiral shapes, and what’s likely to happen to our galaxy in the future.                    
         
                    Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid and gas – but what is it like and what can it do? Plasma globes allow us to answer these questions – and more.                    
         
                    Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.                    
        
            
                Turning on the cosmic microphone            
        
        
            
                When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces            
        
        
            
                The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system            
        
        
            
                Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom            
        
        
            
                Be a magnet for a day            
        
        
            
                European CanSat Competition 2016            
        
        
            
                Sharp eyes: how well can we really see?            
        
        
            
                Galaxies: genesis and evolution            
        
        
            
                Plasma: The fourth state            
        
        
            
                The element of surprise