By Kath Kovac, 23 November 2022
Animals that live in salty water have to control the amount of salt in their bodies, or they will not survive. But how do they do it? This activity will help show you.
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By Fiona Midson, 17 November 2022
This quiz is a bit of fun! Will you laugh it off and answer all our questions or will the joke be on you?
By Chris Hyun and Sarah Kellett, 2 November 2022
Stars, telescopes, action! Can you catch the shooting star and get a 5/5 on this space quiz?
By Mike McRae, 26 October 2022
When we look at a very bright object and then look away from it, why do we still see the object’s outline?
By Louise Molloy, 1 September 2022
Open the large sliding cabinets to shelves, stacks and pigeonholes. In front of you is a plant collection with nearly a million different specimens. But what’s with the conveyor belt?
By Fiona Midson, 27 April 2022
This quiz is all about mums. See if you can get 5/5 in this mother of all quizzes!
By Fiona Midson, 20 April 2022
By Fiona Midson and Beth Askham Here is a quantifying quiz for you to gauge! Answer these questions to see if you measure up.
By Fiona Midson, 6 April 2022
There’s a lot of waste in how we make, use and dispose of clothes. CSIRO is looking for ideas to make fibre and materials more sustainable, and build a recycling, environmentally friendly, circular fibre industry.
By Fiona Midson, 3 March 2022
By Jacinta Bowler This image of the Argyre Planitia on Mars really is out of this world! Taken back in February 2021 by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, it shows Mars’ chaotic terrain of mounds, ripples and huge blue ‘dust devil’ tracks.
By Fiona Midson, 2 March 2022
By Fiona Midson and Beth Askham Here is a sweet quiz to test your olfactory knowledge. Can you score 5 out of 5 and come up smelling like roses?
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