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Catalyst Volume 15 Issue 3: Full Magazine

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Hair

Hair can be cut and sculpted into the latest fashionable shapes and can hold fast to all the colours of the rainbow. This article explores how hair grows and how its physical structure and chemical make-up are affected by hair products.

Electricity on Tap

The UK has an extremely reliable electricity supply system. Flick the switch and light comes on. But how is this achieved?

Has the Sea Always Been so Salty?

Has the composition of sea water always been the same? The article looks at the factors which affect it.

Engineering - Careers

This article looks at careers in the different branches of engineering.

Food Webs Uncoupled

This article explores how climate change might affect food webs, with evidence from a long-term study which started in 1931.

John Snow

This article introduces John Snow and his discovery of the cause of cholera.

Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.

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