Catalyst Volume 27 Issue 1: full magazine

This issue of Catalyst contains the following articles:

Whales and waves

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. 

The riddle of restless rocks

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.

Microplastics and the oceans

This Catalyst article looks at microplastics.

Raspberry invasion

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.

Endemic, native, alien

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.