Produced by the Wellcome Trust, the Big Picture magazine was aimed at post-16 students and explored contemporary issues within biology and medicine. Each contains accessible information, that is directly relevant to the curriculum, along with supporting resources such as stimulus materials, activity sheets and...

The Gaia spacecraft is a European Space Agency mission to map one billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.  This collection of resources allows students to analyse real data from the spacecraft.  The collection is divided into 3 sections:

• Background information for teachers and students on the Gaia...

This Catalyst article investigates biomimetics and discovers how scientists are finding ways of copying ideas from nature to improve products. The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue...

Catalyst Magazine is a science journal for young people aged 14-19 and their educators. It brings STEM subjects to life with insights into cutting-edge scientific research and industry R&D exploring the practical applications of complex science in the world around us. Catalyst magazine is a digital only...

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Fireworks: an Explosive Business

This article looks into how fireworks are made, set off and what gives them their particular colour or effect.

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Discovering DNA

This article explores the structure of DNA and how it is copied across generations.

DNA...

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Life Beyond Earth

This articles looks at the methods used to detect if there is life elsewhere in the universe.

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Radioactivity and Wildlife

Early in 2003, researchers in the Arctic reported that radioactivity was being spread among wildlife species in ways that no one had detected before....

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Climate Modelling

This article considers the scientific likelihood of the sudden onset of an ice age.

In Vitro...

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Do U Wan2 Tlk> ;)

Mobile phones are everywhere; most people in the UK own one. But how do they work? This article looks at the science behind this popular piece of...

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Medical Imaging

Microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet and X-rays are all electromagnetic waves. Some are used to create medical images and others to treat disease. How the...

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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the science of building tiny devices. Some people say that nanotechnology will be the answer to many of our biggest challenges - in...

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Eyes

Human beings depend on their eyes to provide them with information about their surroundings. This article examines the basic functioning of the eye and at what can...

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Journey Into Inner Space

By the end of 2007, physicists working at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider hope to have received the first results from what is probably the...

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Wave Power

To tackle climate change, one potential major energy resource has remained untapped until now: wave power.

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