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Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This series for primary age children presents a range of useful clips, chosen from both BBC output and other sources, to illustrate a range of scientific principles. Each series has a bright graphic style, and a modular structure, which has been designed to stimulate children's interest and active involvement in scientific process.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life, and no single, predictable program playing itself out: different things are happening within and between tissues, and...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly -- citing one of the largest studies on misinformation -- and identifies five strategies to help us unweave the tangled web between true and false.
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The Kepler mission has determined that terrestrial planets are extremely common, and may orbit most stars in the Milky Way. But these planets are difficult to directly image because they're dense and small. Our Sun is about ten billion times brighter than Earth. Train a distant telescope on us, and it will be overwhelmed by the Sun's rays. So how can we find terrestrial planets around stars light
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