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Ever wondered what the weather is like on planets outside our solar system? Scientists have recently discovered an exoplanet where it rains iron!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Do you have a drawer full of old mobile phones? One teacher is exploring new uses for such items, while nurturing his students’ creative imaginations.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Sigrid Griet Eeckhout from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, investigates what determines the toxicity of mercury compounds – and how X-ray light is helping to solve the mystery.
Ages: 16-19;
When is a chemistry textbook not a chemistry textbook? The answer to this riddle is The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison. Most people would think that a book about the toxicity of the elements arsenic, antimony, mercury, lead and thallium would be fairly heavy going, but this book reads more…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 51
ESO telescope observes exoplanet where it rains iron
Topics: Astronomy / space
| Issue 45
Adventures in creative recycling
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 7
Mercury: a poisonous solution
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 1
The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, By John Emsley
Topics: Resources
