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Ten Things We Don’t Know about Tyrannosaurs
Tyrannosaurus rex and its closest relatives, the tyrannosaurs, are among the best known and most popular dinosaurs - and yet there is still plenty we don’t know about these fascinating...
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TWDK makes two "Your Life" pledges
Helping young people to discover a passion for science that takes them to university and beyond is an important part of our mission here at TWDK.So I'm very happy to announce that Things We Don't Know...
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Science Writing Workshop
One of our recent pledges was to run a series of "how to write about science" workshops, designed to help kick-start careers in science journalism; and we're already working on our first such...
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Cosmic Inflation, BICEP2 and Planck
Cosmic inflation is the exponential expansion of space in the early universe. In other words, how did the universe go from being so small at the time of the big bang to the size it is today? But why do...
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India's MOM seeks answers
In 2010 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) began a mission to send a spacecraft to orbit Mars – the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). Three years later they launched the craft and finally, on 24th...
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Can we make room temperature superconductors?
What do high speed levitating trains, MRI machines and particle accelerators have in common? They all use superconductors. Superconductors are materials that can carry electrical current for long...
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Comet Chemistry
Dirty snowballs, snowy dirtballs and the leftovers of solar system formation. These names are commonly used to describe the often visually stunning ice extravaganzas that streak across our skies from...
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A Swift glance at red dwarves
November 20, 2014 is a huge day for NASA’s Swift spacecraft, as it marks the tenth anniversary of its launch. Currently orbiting our planet, Swift is scanning the skies for potential sources of events...
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Collapsing Ice Shelves
In 2002 the Larsen B Ice Shelf on Antarctica collapsed spectacularly. An area of ice twice the size of Greater London was lost in less than a month. This occurred in the northernmost region of...
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Easy fundraising
Happy New Year from the team here at TWDK! We hope you're looking forward to 2015 as much as we are.We wanted to start the new year with a THANK YOU to all our supporters. We really appreciate the fact...
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Alzheimer's disease - the causes and consequences
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and affects almost half a million people in the UK alone - and the number is rising[1]. Typical symptoms of Alzheimer’s include lapses in memory,...
View ArticleHow big are atoms?
You may have heard someone mention the size of atoms, in the media or at school perhaps, and you’ll certainly have heard people talk about how small atoms are. So you may be surprised to hear that we...
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TWDK Receives All Star Award For User Engagement
TWDK Receives 2014 Constant Contact All Star AwardRecognized for achievements using online marketing tools to drive success[London, UK]— [12 Feb 2015]— Science education and communications organisation...
View ArticleAre Nanomaterials Toxic?
There's a lot of concern about the potential toxicity of nanomaterials, intensified by the absence of regulatory standards. This means they aren’t currently required to be safety tested before being...
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What is Epilepsy? [Science Video]
Epilepsy affects 1% of the population, and 10% will have a seizure at some point in their lives. But what is epilepsy, what causes it, and how can we treat it? Neuroscientist Dr Ali Jennings...
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Questions science can’t answer
There are some questions science can’t answer. But how well does this define what should, and shouldn't, be on the school science curriculum?There is a requirement in the UK school science curriculum...
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Technicolor theory and the Higgs
Earlier this year, claims have been bouncing around the internet about the results of the biggest discovery in particle physics. That the Higgs boson, the boson meant to help us understand where the...
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Male vs Female Brains
Women are from Venus and men are from Mars, or so we have long been told. There are obvious physical differences between the sexes, but do these disparities extend to our brains? And if there are sex...
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Teaching Climate Change
Last September, we announced that we are one of 200 British businesses that are pledging their support for the Your Life campaign, with the purpose of inspiring young people to study maths and physics...
View ArticleCheltenham Science Festival
We are pleased to announce that TWDK will be at Cheltenham Science Festival in June. Our Natural Sciences Editor Ginny Smith will be there from 4th-7th to talk to speakers and create content for our...
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