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Tuna with a side of plastic
Do you think that you would ever consider eating plastic? It turns out that if you eat fish, you probably already do!
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Detecting ripples in space time: LIGO
Thanks to science, we are able to know how blackholes are formed. But now our scientific knowledge is expanding even further. Thanks to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO), we can now detect when two black holes merge. An exciting …
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Life on Mars
One female engineer in particular has proved her driving skills to be out of this world – quite literally. Vandi Verma is an accomplished roboticist and part of the team that designed and operates Curiosity, the Mars rover. Verma doesn’t …
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Going coconuts for citizen science
When Thom Bogaard and Rolf Hut of Delft University of Technology were faced with a similar problem, they came up with a simple solution – they enlisted the help of local students in making their own equipment: citizen science at …
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Who is accountable for our space junk?
Recent news reports on space debris – the remains of various space crafts that either imploded on their own or collided with another satellite – show that “millions of pieces of human-made trash are now orbiting the Earth.” Satellite technology …
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Painting the world purple and blue: why you should consider becoming a colour chemist
We don’t often associate chemistry with fame and fortune, but in 1856, William Perkin discovered both after accidentally formulating the colour purple.
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How STEM subjects help us develop the skills and thinking that make a better citizen
Science education today is mainly dictated by the STEM crisis and standardised tests. Educators and administrators are often pushed to teach according to curriculum dictates, training students for standardised assessments in order to catch them up with students of other …
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Reach Out Reporter receives its first award
As you may have seen on social media over the weekend, Twig World and Imperial College London were representing at the Educational Resource Awards 2017, hosted at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. We are thrilled to announce that of our two finalist nominations, …
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10 STEM research careers worth knowing about
We’ve heard about it all before – the importance of STEM, the urgent need for engineers and scientists, better paid job packages and secure jobs. But a choice of career is dictated by more than pay packages and economic policies. …
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