by Admin | May 1, 2020 | Blog
How do you start a science career with a big bang? GSK UK Young Scientist of the Year, 12-year-old Diya Vincent from Kent in the UK, has done just that… As a desire for quality, sustainable food grows, many of us toy with the idea of growing our own vegetables at...
by Admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
Celebrating vaccinations and their role in global health By now, we are all acutely aware of how a vaccine can change lives and, while researchers are frantically working on a Covid-19 vaccine, celebrating World Immunisation Week (24th to 30th April) should help us to...
by Admin | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog
How to conquer a catastrophe with ‘a little bit of math and a little bit of science’ Friday 17th April, 1970, saw the world gripped as the Apollo 13 astronauts re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after a disastrous, and ultimately aborted, mission to the Moon. The...
by Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog
Talking and collaborating with your children is just as, if not more, important than home schooling Although the typical school day is divided into structured periods of learning based on a subject area, we all know that children are learning and developing personal...
by Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
Ask a scientist to (virtually) come to your home How is a snail’s shell formed?How does a CT scanner work?In what ways are humans likely to evolve over the next ten thousand years?Could human waste be a source of renewable energy? How often do you use the Internet to...
by Admin | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
A teacher’s guide to home schooling Self-isolating and social-distancing. These two verbs weren’t even in our vocabulary a few weeks ago and, yet, here we are now, growing surprisingly accustomed to these new activities. Adults and young people, of all backgrounds and...
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