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Catalyst Volume 27 Issue 1: full magazine
This issue of Catalyst contains the following articles:
This Catalyst article looks at sperm whales. Sperm whales can dive deep into the ocean; they use sound waves to communicate in the dark and to detect their prey.
The bizarre world of high pressure chemistry
This Catalyst article investigates high pressure chemistry and discovers that, when put under extreme pressure, the properties of a material may change dramatically.
Insulating ice cream: how to make Baked Alaska
This Catalyst article shows how to make Baked Alaska ice cream.
This Catalyst article questions how heavy rocks can slide across a dry lake bed.
Philip Henry Gosse: brilliant naturalist, disastrous theologian
This Catalyst article introduces Henry Gosse, an expert naturalist.
The healing of the ozone layer
This Catalyst article investigates the healing of the ozone layer.
This Catalyst article looks at microplastics.
This Catalyst article looks at how the spread of raspberry plants has an impact on environments it is not native to, the Galápagos Islands in particular.
This Catalyst article looks at plant and animal species.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.
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