Science


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Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
B1- You And Your genes
Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
C1 -Air Quality

Test tube baby gets blood check
Target found for Parkinson's test
Gene 'raises osteoarthritis risk'
Suspect protein 'treats asthma'
Boys 'cured' with gene therapy
Fictional video clips
Rabbit breeding model
Embryos to be screened for cancer
Gene cancer link in areca chewers
Gene 'controls the first breath'
Life for a life?
Single allele lowers heart risk?
Have scientists discovered a 'heart attack gene'?
Scientists have discovered a gene that may increase risk of breast cancer

Ratings show how green cars are
Concerns over lung patient deaths
Asthma 'hits ethnic groups worst'
Child cancer 'link to pollution'
Cleaning products 'wheezing link'
Church air is 'threat to health'
Fumes 'not winter asthma trigger'
Global images of NO2 levels
Asthma risk fixed before birth
Asthma risk ‘greater for smokers’
High death toll from indoor smoke
Pollution harms developing lungs
UK 'will fail pollution targets'
Air Quality figures now available.
Smoking stops asthma drugs from working properly.
Summer 2003 was super hot - or was it?



Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
P1- The Earth In The Universe

Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
B2- Keeping Healthy

Smallest extra-solar planet found
Navy releases tsunami images
Lunar probe's amazing new images
Fierce mammal ate dinos for lunch
Giant ice slabs set for collision
'Beware tsunamis and climate': UN
Asian Tsunami simulation
Did animals have quake warning?
Tidal wave threat ‘over-hyped’
‘Sleeping dragon’ had bird response

Drilling for Africa’s climate history
US volcano rumbles back to life
Warning over US volcano eruption
Montserrat volcano: Has it gone quiet?
Sea defences 'raise floods risk'
Natural disasters 'on the rise'
New ring discovered around Saturn
Scientists find evidence of mass extinction much bigger than dinosaurs.
Could Moon ice provide water for a lunar base?
Beagle 2 should reach Mars on Christmas Day.
Earthquake Hists UK
Six Hurt As Tornado Hits London

Plate Tectonics


DNA map to help target new drugs
Concerns over Alzheimer's drug
Spit test predicts tooth cavities
Bird flu cases 'underestimated'
Cancer killing millions in Europe
'Little risk' from early epidural
Child obesity fears 'over-hyped'
HIV blips 'no cause for concern'
Sexism 'damaging heart treatment'
Fresh fears over arthritis drugs
Wine 'can protect women's hearts'
UK 'major heart disease spender'
HIV parents 'limit child kisses'
'Urine test' for cervical cancer
Britons 'too worried over health'
Herb 'as good as depression drug'
Nasty clones causing MRSA problem
Bad news really can break hearts
Device to save premature babies
TB 'may have killed off leprosy'
Tooth-brushing 'cuts heart risk'
Smoke-free law would save lives'
Drug testing
Alcohol 'as harmful as smoking'
Call to check athletes' hearts
Park teen boozers 'most at risk'
Arthritis drug heart harm claim
Folic acid 'cuts blood pressure'
Parents fail children on lunches
Super microbe's life code cracked
Protein linked to heart disease
Exercise 'cuts older heart risks'
Vaccine 'may stop heart disease'
Infection link to heart attacks
Tight deadlines 'bad for hearts'
Antibiotic is better drug for TB
How exercise protects the heart
High dose vitamin E death warning
Vices 'combine' to harm the heart
Bowel cancer trials ‘offer hope'
Cancer risk ‘encourages sobriety’
New TB vaccine shown to be safe
Smokers’ genetic arthritis risk
Single gene link to heart health
Gene cancer link in areca chewers
Hopes of malaria vaccine by 2010
Waistline linked to health risks
Teenage blood pressure risk clue
Tai chi ‘can treat heart failure’
UN probes sugar industry claims
Sharp increase in diabetes cases
Inactive childhood ‘can cause ME’
Medieval surgeons were advanced
Heart health predicted by sibling
Winter flu-jab campaign kicks off
Medicines watchdog ‘under fire’
Blood pressure pill helps bones
Experts predict measles epidemic
Heart pump trial to start in UK
Vitamin pills do not stop cancer
Superbug strategies 'under fire'
Vibrating trousers treat angina
Winter flu jab campaign kicks off
Medicines watchdog 'under fire'
Experts predict measles epidemic
Vitamins pills do not stop cancer
Faulty gene link to obesity risk
Herbal remedies 'do work'
King size chocolate bars face axe
Vitamin E 'can restore hearing'
Teenagers 'ignore smoking advice'
Children warned over heart health
Infection rising despite vaccine
'Clear' bacteria link to Crohn's
Doctors urge tax break on sports
Concern over child lead exposure
Study backs safety of MMR vaccine
Clinical drug trials 'distorted'
Public 'want smoking age raised'
Bedside gels 'to fight superbugs

Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
C2 - Materials Choices
Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
P2 - Radiation And Life

Green energy to 'cost consumers'
Scientists a step closer to making moulded
plastic for recycling.

Paper you can play videos on?
Springs:Hooke's Law & Elastic Limit

Greenhouse gases 'do warm oceans'
Kyoto Protocol comes into force
CO2 levels and the rise in Phytoplankton levels in the seas
Is human activity responsible for global warming?
Climate data
Scientists' grim climate report
Antarctic's ice 'melting faster'
Africans 'worst-hit by warming'
Polar ice caps 'melting faster'
CO2 emissions put corals at risk
Sunshine might stop skin cancers
Scientists debate climate dangers
Climate change 'disaster by 2026'
Arctic ozone may drop to new low
Alarm at new climate warning
Bead 'slashes mobile radiation'
Illness linked to rocket station
Child warning over mobile phones
Earth's permafrost starts to squelch
Mobile phones 'alter human DNA'
Europe heatwaves 'soon routine'
Hunting climate change evidence
Chernobyl 'caused Sweden cancers'
Climate change sceptics 'wrong'
Climate change 'ruining' Everest
Climate gas cuts 'are affordable'
Arctic heads into warmer future
Russia backs Kyoto climate treaty
Russian move on climate change welcomed
Mobile phones 'harm blood cells'.
West Antarctic glaciers speed up
PM gives dire warning on climate
New batteries aid climate battle
Scan 'as damaging as atomic bomb'
Mobile 'phone info.
Hope for skin cancer 'vaccine'.
Climate Challenge
Car drivers 'risking skin cancer'

 



Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
B3 - Life On Earth
Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
C3 - Food Matters

Oldest fossil ‘rabbit’ uncovered
Age of ancient humans reassessed
Life flourishes at crushing depth
Science intends to tag all life
Search for life signal on Titan
Whale and hippo 'close cousins'
Rare leopard 'faces extinction'
Natural selection – peppered moth
Amazing hominid haul in Ethiopia
Porpoises flee killer dolphins
'UK seas are in crisis' says WWF
Tracking reveals albatross habits
UK rejects North Sea fishing plan
Fish areas 'need drastic action'
'Original' great ape discovered
Tool use confirmed in monkeys
Science counts species on brink
Pressure on Europe's bird species
Titan moon ‘geologically alive
‘Hobbit’ joins human family tree
Life-giving dead wood ‘at risk’
Global amphibians in deep trouble
‘New’ giant ape found in DR Congo
Globally endangered species
Ban for rare Asian dolphin trade
Long-term ivory trade ban defeat
Oil boom fuels bushmeat trade
Extinct humans left louse legacy
3.4-billion-year-old controversy
Limited black rhino hunt approved
New wildlife trade curbs sought
Deadly ladybird sighted in UK
First contact?
New wildlife trade curbs sought
Gene test to track illegal ivory
Picture of North Sea fish decline
Alarm sounded for Caribbean coral
Rock bugs resist polar extremes
New Mars data gives life clue
Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man
Alien probe 'best way to find ET'

GM beet 'can benefit environment'
Study finds benefits in GM crops
UN probes sugar industry claims
GM grass pollen has long reach
Government 'gets tough' on sugar
Europe urged to embrace GM foods
Britons told to cut salt intake
Call for cut-price fruit and veg
Health check for school lunches
Superbug strategies 'under fire'
GM crop test results are reported.
Twin out-shines brother on additive free diet.



Student Links: GCSE 21st Century Science
P3- Radioactive Materials

Radiation risks ‘need updating’








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