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By Krishitha Gopalakrishnan Everything is related to science. Take your food for example. Carrots, burgers, ice-cream…you name it! Let’s see how well you know your food with a few questions!

By Krishitha Gopalakrishnan Have you noticed how you always seem to remember where you hid that chocolate bar but that apple you thought you’d packed for school suddenly seems to have disappeared? Don’t worry, it’s in our genes! It turns out that humans are better at recalling where junk food is.

This month, CSIRO released its latest collection of favourite hands-on activities for kids. The Double Helix editorial team explains the thinking, splashes, scares and surprises they encountered while testing their new book: More Hands-On Science.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a wet spring and summer for Australia. How can they be confident in these long-term predictions? It’s because they’re not just watching weather as it happens, they’re also looking at what causes the weather.

Are you a science trivia buff? See if you know these fun factoids!

The Sun is a colossal raging ball of heat. Atoms are fused together in its crushing depths, releasing awesome amounts of energy and spewing gigantic flares from its surface. But for the past few years, the Sun has been calmer than usual.

Although this theme is a bit funny, the questions are no joke. Can you get serious and ace this quiz?

What happens when you cover an egg in soot? It gets super black, but also super shiny!

In the southern parts of the world, spring has sprung, and there’s a lot more sunshine about. See how you go with this solar themed quiz!

By Bill Flynn Whether you are at school, at home or self-isolating you can be a part of the United Nations International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Monday 7 September. How? By contributing to NASA’s citizen science global database! Download the GLOBE Observer app and photograph the cloud cover from your window, […]