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      <title>Electrolysis Explained: What Happens at Each Electrode</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Electrolysis splits ionic compounds with electricity. Learn what forms at the cathode and anode, how to write half equations, why brine gives hydrogen, and try it in 3D.</description>
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      <title>Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Exothermic reactions give out heat; endothermic ones take it in. Learn why, read energy profile diagrams, work out ΔH from bond energies and watch molecules react in 3D.</description>
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      <title>How Temperature Affects Enzyme Activity (and Why)</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Warmth speeds enzymes up until the optimum, then heat denatures them for good. The rate graph explained, plus the effect of pH, the lock and key model and exam answers.</description>
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      <title>Ionic vs Covalent Bonds: What's the Difference?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Ionic bonds transfer electrons and make charged ions; covalent bonds share them. Learn to tell them apart, compare their properties in a table and build molecules in 3D.</description>
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      <title>Ohm's Law Explained: V = IR With Worked Examples</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Ohm's law links voltage, current and resistance: V = IR. Learn the formula triangle, the units, three worked examples, the I–V graphs and the mistakes that cost marks.</description>
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      <title>States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Solids, liquids and gases are the same particles with different amounts of energy. See how they move, why melting and boiling stay at one temperature, and heat ice in 3D.</description>
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      <title>The Best Angle for Maximum Range (It Isn't Always 45°)</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Why 45° throws a projectile the farthest, why 30° and 60° land in exactly the same spot, and why shot-putters, golfers and air resistance all pull the angle lower.</description>
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      <title>What Happens to a Red Blood Cell in Salt Water?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In pure water a red blood cell swells and bursts; in strong salt water it shrivels. See how osmosis decides which, why drips use 0.9% saline, and what plant cells do.</description>
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      <title>Animal Cell vs Plant Cell: What's Actually Different?</title>
      <link>https://sciencedemy.com/articles/animal-cell-vs-plant-cell/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Plant and animal cells share most of their parts. Here are the real differences (cell wall, chloroplasts and a big vacuole), why each exists and the classic mix-ups.</description>
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      <title>How DNA Makes a Protein: Transcription and Translation</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A gene is a recipe written in four letters. See how a cell copies it into mRNA, reads it three letters at a time, builds a protein, and what a one-letter mistake does.</description>
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      <title>How to Find g Using a Simple Pendulum (Method + Graph)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Measure the acceleration due to gravity with a string and a weight: the method, the T² against L graph, a worked example and the errors that pull you away from 9.81.</description>
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      <title>How to Read a Vernier Caliper (Without Getting It Wrong)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A step-by-step guide to reading a Vernier caliper to 0.1 mm or 0.02 mm, with worked examples, the least count, zero error and the mistakes that cost marks in exams.</description>
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      <title>Why Are Fireworks Different Colours? It's the Electrons</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Firework colours come from electrons jumping between energy levels in metal atoms. Here's how it works, why each metal has its own colour, and how flame tests use it.</description>
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      <title>What Is an Isotope? A Simple Explanation with Examples</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. Learn what that means, why some isotopes are radioactive, and build one yourself in 3D.</description>
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