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Science for the Summer 2019

What Do We Know about the Moon?
Learn about the Moon and its exploration

On the Moon, We Can Look into the Past
Professor Ralf Jaumann, German Aerospace Center, talks about research on and about the Moon

EU Wide Bisphenol A Ban Expected
Bisphenol A is toxic and a substance of very high concern, the European Court of Justice ruled

Which Can of Beer Has Been Shaken?
How do you distinguish a shaken can of carbonated beverage from an unshaken one?

How Does Thermal Paper Work?
Printing of parking tickets and receipts has to be easy, reliable, cheap, material-efficient

The Best Element Videos
Half time of the Element Video Competition and first winning videos

Constructing Models for Teaching and Learning
Aleksandar Kondinski, KU Leuven, Belgium, uses commercially available toys to create complex chemical structures

What is in a Lipstick?
Learn from this picture which ingredients are in a lipstick and why they are added

Pyrethrum: History of a Bio-Insecticide – Part 6
How pyrethrins kill insects and the variety of modern pyrethroids