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Brain

Disgusting dining

Make a delicious and disgusting fake poo, and learn about how our emotions form.

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Brain

Multitasking mayhem

Learn how different parts of your brain deal with different tasks, test your multitasking skills, and explore how some

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Brain

Baffling body illusions

Confuse your body with eight illusions to experiment with your sense of 'proprioception'.

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Brain

Small, or far away?

Experiment with your perception of distance and size by making the amazing Ames room illusion.

Small, or far away? Read more
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Brain

Hollow masks

Baffle your brain with the famous 'hollow mask illusion', and experiment with how it works by making your own.

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Brain

Memory masters

Investigate how your memory works, and learn a cunning trick to help memorise lots of things.

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Chemistry

Cakes in a cup

Investigate the chemistry of cakes by making microwave mug cakes and seeing what happens when you leave out key ingredients from

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Chemistry

Making butter

Make butter from cream.

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Chemistry

Fizzy cubes

Make a self-inflating balloon and experiment to find out which household liquids react with bicarbonate of soda.

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Chemistry

Colour changing cabbage juice

Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions.

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