July 2019 - Miss Virginia 2019 and elephant's toothpaste. LINK. (NoC)
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June 2019 - Could you identify the ion responsible? LINK. (9.1)
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May 2019 - Circular plastics. LINK. (A.7)
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April 2019 - Breaking bad teacher in real life. LINK. (D)
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1. Although the teacher claimed that asking the students to synthesise ecstasy was for educational benefits, what ethical arguments could be used to counter this? |
March 2019 - Second person in history cured of HIV. LINK. (D.5)
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1. What are the implications for other people who are HIV positive? 2. What might this do for ethical arguments against human stem cell research? |
February 2019 - Drug administration inspired by tortoises. LINK. (D.1)
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January 2019 - The dangers of unblocking toilets! LINK. (9.1)
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January 2019 - The Year of The Periodic Table. LINK. (3.1)
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December 2019 - Fentanyl agreement at G20 summit. LINK. (D.3)
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November 2019 - Ionic wind powered plane. LINK. (4.3)
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Worth a listen - 'Orphan drugs' on 99% Invisible podcast. LINK. (D.1)
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1. What responsibility do pharmaceutical corporations have to develop medicines for rare diseases? 2. Should the government be able to tell these companies what to do? 3. Should profit or care come first in business? |
November 2019 - The kilogram is changing! LINK. (1.2 and TOK)
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1. What might be the impact of changing the definition of the kilogram? 2. What does it indicates about the relationship between technology and improving accuracy in the natural sciences? |
October 2019 - Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work with proteins. LINK. (B.2/7)
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.1. What might a prize in this research area suggest about the importance of interdisciplinary research in the science? See NOS statement 4.3. |
September 2018 - Novartis drops antibiotics research. LINK. (D.6)
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September 2018 - Be=Be double bonds might be possible. LINK. (4.2)
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September 2018 - Pacific garbage patch cleanup to begin. LINK. (A.7)
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August 2018 - New allotrope of carbon discovered. LINK. (4.4)
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July 2018 - 1,500 year low in Baltic Sea oxygen levels. LINK. (9.1)
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July 2018 - 11 babies die during Viagra-like trial for women. LINK. (D.1)
April 2018 - Hypercarbons. LINK. (4.1)
April 2018 - Researchers create a plastic-degrading enzyme. LINK. (A.7)
April 2018 - Increasing levels of medicinal waste in waterways. LINK. (D)
April 2018 - Carbon monoxide leak kills 2 people. LINK. (4.3)
March 2018 - New electrolyte for voltaic cells in low T. LINK. (19.1)
March 2018 - Superconducting graphene. LINK. (A.6)
March 2018 - Fighting pseudoscience. LINK. (TOK)
March 2018 - 65% global increase in antibiotic use. LINK. (D.2)
February 2018 - Xanax - the UK's new addiction. LINK. (D.1)
January 2018 - Heroin's impact on global politics. LINK. (D.4)
January 2018 - Proton beam therapy available in the UK. LINK. (D.8)
December 2017 - Another graphene based material - Diamene. LINK. (4.3)
December 2017 - World AIDS Day. LINK. (D.5)
November 2017 - The darkest material on Earth. LINK. (A.1/4.3)
November 2017 - Nuclear accident in Russia? LINK. (C.3 and C.7)
November 2017 - Heroin problems in Afghanistan. LINK. (D.3)
November 2017 - World Antibiotic Awareness Week. LINK. (D2)
October 2017 - Ruthenium-106 radioisotopes found across Europe. LINK. (C.7)
October 2017 - Where does gold come from? LINK. (2.1)
October 2017 - Nobel Prize for biomolecule structure work. LINK. (B)
September 2017 - First human head transplant delayed. LINK. (D.1)
September 2017 - World's first 'chemical surgery' on DNA. LINK. (B.8)
September 2017 - Congratulations Volkswagon! [sarcastic]. LINK. (All)
September 2017 - The problems with gold. LINK. (13.1)
September 2017 - Volcanic deaths from superheated sulfuric acid. LINK. (8.1)
September 2017 - 250 m 'fatberg' found in London sewer. LINK. (B.3)
September 2017 - Plastic now pervasive in the environment. LINK. (A.7)
August 2017 - Pakistan's arsenic problem. LINK. (3.1)
August 2017 - Alcohols the key to 'unmeltable' ice cream. LINK. (10.1)
August 2017 - Climate change '2nd greatest global security threat'. LINK. (C.5)
July 2017 - The follow-up film to 'An Inconvenient Truth'. (NoC 5.1)
June 2017 - A new graphene based allotrope of carbon. LINK. VIDEO. (4.3)
June 2017 - Crayola are making that 'new blue' crayon. LINK. (B.9)
June 2017 - How might we react to antibiotic resistance? LINK. (D.6)
June 2017 - A greener synthesis of ammonia. LINK. (7.1)
June 2017 - Elon Musk quits as White House advisor. LINK. (C.5)
June 2017 - Trump withdraws from Paris Agreement. LINK. (C.5)
May 2017 - Pope Francis and Trump discuss the environment. LINK. (NoC 4.2)
May 2017 - Measuring the electronegativity of a single atom. LINK. (3.2)
May 2017 - The most polluted island in the world...is uninhabited. LINK. (A.7)
April 2017 - How might hydroxyl radicals affect global warming?. LINK. (C.5)
March 2017 - Another potentially significant use for graphene. LINK. (A.6)
March 2017 - Pink tap water in Canada. LINK. (Topic 9.1)
March 2017 - The inauguration of the new elements. (1.1)
February 2017 - What is VX gas? LINK. (10.1)
February 2017 - A sodium/helium compound? LINK. (4.1/4.2)
January 2017 - Can he silence science? LINK. (NoC 4.2)
("Trump Administration Orders Communications Blackout For US Scientists")
January 2017 - Carbon dioxide to baking powder. LINK. (8.5)
(Condliffe)
December 2016 - The official naming begins... LINK. (1.1)
November 2016 - America's new heroin addicts. (D.3)
("Element 117 Has Officially Been Named 'Tennessine'")
October 2016 - Serendipitous conversion of CO2 to ethanol. LINK. (C.2)
October 2016 - Three new Nobel Prize winners. LINK. (A.6)
October 2016 - New Leonardo DiCaprio climate change documentary. LINK. (C.1)
September 2016 - Developing silver nanoparticles. LINK. (A.6)
("Researchers Create Record-Breaking Silver Nanoparticles")
September 2016 - Lack of evidence for antibacterial soap claims. LINK. (NoC 3.1)
("Are Antibacterial Soaps Bad For You? (Trailer)")
September 2016 - Ni/Cu chemical spill in Russian Arctic. LINK. (Topic 13.1)
September 2016 - The dangers of chlorine. LINK. (Topic 3.3)
("Syria Conflict: Government Helicopters 'Drop Chlorine' On Aleppo - BBC News")
August 2016 - Charging for plastic bags leads to huge drop in use. LINK. (Topic 10.2)
("Plastic Bags")
July 2016 - Titanium/gold alloys, the future of hip replacements? LINK. (Topic 4.5)
("Hip Replacement")
July 2016 - Accidental discovery of a new blue colour in 2009. LINK. (Topic B.9)
(Upload.wikimedia.org, 2016)
June 2016 - A self-pouring polymer - polyethylene oxide. LINK. (Topic 10.2)
June 2016 - Large Helium deposits discovered in Tanzania. LINK. (Topic 4.3)
June 2016 - Chiral molecules found in interstellar space. LINK. (Topic 20.3)
June 2016 - Successful conversion of plastic to fuel. LINK. (Topic 10.2)
June 2016 - The proposed names for the 4 new elements. LINK. (Topic 1.1)
June 2016 - Turning CO2 into stone? LINK. (Topic C.5)
Image - (Inc., 2016)
March 2016 - Bill Gates´ thought on clean energy. LINK. (Topic C.1)
Feb 2016 - Manipulating hydrocarbon crystals. LINK. (Topic 1.1)
Jan 2016 - Is diamond the hardest substance we know of? LINK. (Topic 4.3)
Jan 2016 - London exceeds yearly NO2 emissions limit...after 7 days. LINK. (Topic 8.5 and 14.1)
Jan 2016 - Phase 1 clinical trial disaster in France. LINK. (Option D.1)
Jan 2016 - The addition of 4 new elements to the periodic table. LINK. (Topic 1.1)
Jan 2016 - Metallic hydrogen? LINK. (Topic 4.2 and 4.5)
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