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10 days = 1 week?

There's so much going on during National Science and Engineering Week that it's actually on for a full 10 days.

Scots Businesses To Open Doors To Young Scientists

Scots schoolkids will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to go behind the scenes and discover how science is used in business.

School essentials - download now!

Get your periodic table for chemistry, electromagnetic spectrum for physics and human anatomy organs for biology….the perfect classroom companion!

The Big Experiment

IMAGE: Big Experiment

We are staging Scotland's biggest mass experiment which will be stream live on Glow, hosted by Tom Pringle, aka Dr Bunhead.

Dundee gaming experts task scots pupils with design challenge

IMAGE: Gaming Character

Computer games experts in Dundee are to judge a new competition where pupils in Scotland will dream up a new computer games character.

Search for the Stars of Scotland's schools

IMAGE: Launch of Scottish Education Awards

There are just days left to nominate for this year's Scottish Education Awards (http://www.scottisheducationawards.org.uk/sg) and nominations are coming in thick and fast from all over Scotland.

Science pupils meet zoo's Sumatran tiger

Pupils came face to face with a Sumatran tiger during a visit to Edinburgh Zoo yesterday.

Games industry in Dundee given cash boost

Scotland's computer games industry has been boosted by £2.5m of investment from the UK government.

Green search engine aims to save rainforests

A new search engine launching today is promising to give at least 80 percent of revenues to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to protect rainforests.

Football - My World Cup job with Ronaldo and co

Sports scientist Julian Ward faces an exciting year ahead in 2010 when he heads off to the World Cup in South Africa with Portugal's star-studded national squad.

Nasa tests Aberdeenshire find for life on Mars clues

Scientists from space agency Nasa are testing a mineral only found in one corner of Scotland to see if it can provide clues about life on Mars.

Scientists unveil world's first bionic fingers

Experts have unveiled what they claim are the world's first bionic fingers which they hope will transform the lives of people with missing digits.

Why do human voices sound the way they do?

New research into how the human voice works and interacts with the brain is being undertaken by the University College London's (UCL) Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience for BBC Radio 4's Vox Project.

Hammerhead shark mystery solved

Why do hammerhead sharks have such a famously strange shaped head?

World leaders reminded of scientists' role in fighting climate change

Scientists today reminded world leaders of the important role physics can play in understanding and fighting climate change.

Yabba Dabba Doo - Flint-stones found in Scotland

Flint stones found near Biggar, Scotland, suggest humans roamed the area 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Monkey Business

Chimps Meat

How female chimpanzees choose their life time partners is something that has long puzzled scientists. Now recent research has proven that monkey mating all comes down to one thing – a piece of meat.

Red alert for sunburn

Horrible Sunburn

A device which can give an early warning of sunburn- and help to prevent skin cancer- has been developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.