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Here’s a fun way to make flowers ANY colour that you want! They make a great gift for birthdays and holidays like Mother’s Day

Have you ever heard of pear-shaped eggs? These ‘pyriform’ eggs are so fascinating because they have a unique shape different from the usual oval shape, due to adaptation. Having one of the most pronounced pear-shaped eggs, guillemot seabirds lay eggs on sheer cliffs where strong winds can blow them away, but the special shape of their eggs may hold some secret uses.

No one likes mosquito bites, and certainly not the ones that spread diseases. In a new study, scientists have found a way to protect us from yellow fever mosquitoes using static electricity.

They’re cute, colourful and … clever? Scientists just discovered that common clownfish can count! Or at least, they can recognise the number of stripes on other fish. And it helps them pick their friends from foes.

Palaeontologists have wondered for over a hundred years – how did dinosaurs evolve flight and become birds? To find the answer, researchers built a robot dinosaur!

Let’s make a mini greenhouse! This self-sustaining little ecosystem will look fantastic on your desk or in your bookshelf.

Australian farmers produce a whopping 6.2 billion eggs each year. Unfortunately, most of the resulting eggshells end up in landfill. Australian scientist Manickam Minakshi Sundaram hopes to change this with a breakthrough use for eggshells: batteries!

Marsupials! Australia is famous for these incredible animals, and we believe you are fully koala-fied to have this quiz in the bag, er, pouch.

Bee-come a bee hero and create crucial habitat for your local native bees. Your garden will be all abuzz!

Here’s a fun paper toy that can help you pick a future job. Have a go with our STEM career chatterbox! There are no wrong answers, only positive role models.