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What is Global Dimming?

A recently discovered  phenomenon, Global Dimming, is now being recognised by scientists as real and needs to be addressed urgently…. What exactly is global dimming? Global dimming is a recently discovered phenomenon that reduces the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of our planet. Until recently, scientists had dismissed the published evidence, since it directly […]

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Health effects of food additives

If you need to study a controversial topic, look no further!    Two quite polarized views can be identified.  First,  we have the massive great food conglomerates, backed by food organisations.   Here you should find a common message  such as  ” Hang o­n, don’t panic, we need more evidence and more research…”. Then there are the consumers […]

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Applied Science : Communications: Revision Activities

Here are some revision activities for GCSE Applied Science:  Communications Global Networks  Routing      Sports Photographer TV Gallery  Ofcom  Communications Business You can download the ZIP package, to try o­n your own computer from http://www.scienceblog.org/revision/communications/communicateweb.zip You can also download the Hot Potatoes package http://www.scienceblog.org/revision/communications/communicate.zip (Hot Potatoes will need to be installed to run these exercises) Need paper versions? […]

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