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Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.
Space scientist Professor Monica Grady of the Open University spoke to the British Council's Ellie Buchdahl at this week's London International Youth Science Forum.
Does art simply represent the world 'as it is', or does it find other aspects in it, aspects that people wouldn't normally detect? Gemma Anderson, who creates art with scientists, answers.
How can we make complex scientific ideas more accessible? Dr Roberto Trotta tells us about his attempt to describe the universe using the most common 1,000 words of English