Investigation

Bee Aware

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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Bee population decline, and what we can do about it.
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Inheritance

  • 15 Jun, 2011
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Inherited and environmental characteristics.
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Under Pressure!

  • 15 Jun, 2011
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Energy transfer, pressure, and the classic egg-in-a-bottle trick.
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The Great Cheddar Cheese Mystery

  • 14 Jun, 2011
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Is Cheddar Gorge really made of cheese? Ignoring the fact that nobody thinks it is, this team investigate anyway!
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Balloonium Experimento 2

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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So you’ve got a *giant* balloon, what are you going to do with it? Wallop people with it, in the name of physics. Obviously.
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Potty Putty

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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What’s going on in the structure of silly putty that makes it behave the way it does?
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Air Resistance and Parachutes

  • 06 Jun, 2011
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Can you run faster with or without a parachute trailing behind you? We’d better do an experiment to check.
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Rock Pools

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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A field report on rock pools, and the range of creatures living in them.
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Rockets!

  • 18 Jul, 2010
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Rockets, Newton’s laws, and Scottish weather.
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A Mammoth Idea

  • 29 Jun, 2010
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The mammoth — could it be reintroduced, and would that be a good thing?
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Boat Bother

  • 15 Jul, 2009
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A demonstration gone wrong? How can this be? Can the superhero scientists solve the calamity?
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Absolute Absorbency or Not?

  • 01 Apr, 2009
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Testing which clothing would be most suitable to wear on a rainy day.
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EMP Launcher v2

  • 25 Mar, 2009
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An explosive tour into the fascinating world of capacitors with an electrifying finale.
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Forward Pass, Ref!

  • 20 Feb, 2009
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Relative motion, and why it can be so hard to tell in which direction things are moving. Like rugby balls, for example.
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Air Resistance

  • 26 Jan, 2009
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A paper helicopter, and how its wings affects it behaviour.
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Murder in Miami

  • 20 Jan, 2009
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Forensic science, SciCast-style
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Why Did the Millennium Bridge Wobble?

  • 14 Mar, 2008
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An explanation of resonant frequency and how it relates to the millennium bridge.
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The Richmond Park Deer

  • 14 Jan, 2008
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A look at the deer of Richmond Park.
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Plant Transpiration

  • 22 Oct, 2007
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An estimation exercise: how much water does a tree transpire?
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Curly-Wurly Stretching

  • 10 Oct, 2007
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A world-record attempt, and a serious investigation into the properties of materials. It is, it is, it is!
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