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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!

We’d really be in the dark without our only natural satellite, the Moon. Now lunar rove on over and moon rock this quiz! (As always, we make no Apollo-gees for puns.)

Extra! Extra! Read all about Double Helix Extra’s most eye-grabbing headlines from 2023:

What’s bold, bright, pink and could explore Mars? The Monash Nova Rover team designed the Waratah rover to spark innovation and conversations.

Get ready because it’s megaquiz time! Put your science knowledge to the ultimate test with 10 random questions that have appeared on our quizzes this year. With 100+ questions to draw from, you’re sure to find a challenge.

What a year of activity! In 2023, we posted 25 hands-on STEM activities. Here are 5 of the most popular posts.

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.

Scientists have been blown away by a recent detection of a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a type of strong cosmic explosion.

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.