Showing 10 results from a total of 41
Dissect a chicken from the supermarket to discover the unusual pulley system that enables birds to fly.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Model organisms – yeast, worms, flies and mice – help researchers to probe the secrets of life.
Ages: 16-19;
Scientists propose a new hypothesis to tackle one of the big remaining mysteries in animal evolution.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Encourage your students to enter our writing competition – and see their work published.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
One of the world’s largest migrations is probably driven by a hormone that governs our sleep patterns.
Ages: 11-14;
What makes a cell turn cancerous – and how does a cancer become infectious? In the second of two articles on transmissible cancers, Elizabeth Murchison explains what the genetic details tell us.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Is it possible to pass cancer from one individual to another? For some animals, it is – and, sadly, a unique Tasmanian species is facing possible extinction as a result.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Evolutionary relationships can be tricky to explain. By using simple, everyday objects, your students can work them out for themselves.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In the African forest, Fabian Leendertz and his team look for new infectious agents that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Could one of them cause the next pandemic?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Soaring temperatures, a flooded landscape, violent winds…. What would our planet be like without the Moon?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 41
How do birds fly? A hands-on demonstration
Topics: Biology, General science
| Issue 39
Life models
Topics: Biology
| Issue 38
What happens when cells embrace damage?
Topics: Understand, Biology
| Issue 36
Student competition: the search for the strangest species on Earth
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 36
How plankton gets jet-lagged
Topics: Understand, Biology, Health
| Issue 33
Infectious cancers: the DNA story
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 32
Infectious cancers
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 27
Phylogenetics of man-made objects: simulating evolution in the classroom
Topics: Biology
| Issue 27
Evolving threats: investigating new zoonotic infections
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 26
Life without the Moon: a scientific speculation
Topics: Physics, Biology
