Welcome to The Week Junior Science+Nature
A mind-blowing monthly trip around the universe for 8-15s

What’s the world’s worst smell? When did the dinosaurs die out? Where are all the aliens? Why can’t you tickle yourself?
The Week Junior Science+Nature is the mind-blowing magazine with the answer to all these questions — and more! Designed to bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects to life, each issue delivers jaw-dropping facts, amazing explainers and incredible photos.
Our fascinating features introduce eight to 14-year-olds to big ideas and inspiring role models, while puzzles, activities and experiments get them discovering, doing, thinking and talking. See their minds whirr and their knowledge grow as they turn the pages.
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What’s inside The Week Junior Science+Nature?
- That’s Amazing! –all the latest fascinating discoveries, coolest inventions and surprising facts
- Fascinating features – brilliant articles written by the UK’s best scientists, explainers and authors
- Mysteries of Science – investigates the true stories behind strange phenomena and unexplained events
- Coding Club – a place to code and create, with projects made in collaboration the Raspberry Pi Foundation
- The Lab – easy-to-do experiments and activities
- Tons of great competitions and giveaways!
From the editor
Hi - I’m very proud to edit the UK’s best STEM magazine for children. Every issue of The Week Junior Science+Nature takes readers on epic voyage of discovery, from the depths of the oceans to the outer reaches of the cosmos, and from the days of the dinosaurs to our high-tech future. Every page will delight, educate and entertain, and I’m sure your child will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy making it! –
Dan Green, Editor
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