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Focussing on a patch of sky covering roughly the same area as 100 full moons, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope in Western Australia has captured the bright glow of dozens of galaxies as they looked billions of years in the past.

Can you imagine having a skeleton made of glass? The sea sponge known as Venus’ flower basket can! This glass skeleton has inspired Australian engineers to create a strong new material that could make buildings more sustainable.

Calling all codebreakers! Can you hwfhp ymnx htij? Hint: the cipher will help you score 101 out of 101.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, its… a drone named SUPER! Engineers from Hong Kong have just designed a drone that can zoom through forests at night without hitting any trees or branches. This owl-like ability is quite the feat! How did the engineers do it?

Training artificial intelligence (AI) can be as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teach an AI program or “model” to pull off a very simple card trick… and learn from its mistakes.

Friendly neighbourhood scientists have created their own version of Spider-Man’s webs. Their silk mixture can form a solid string when shot out of a needle and even stick to and lift objects!

Australian company, AMSL Aero, is launching a new hydrogen-powered aircraft into the skies! This exciting technology could help the airline industry reach net zero carbon production by 2050. In fact, the Australian government has just published a national strategy on how hydrogen can help the entire country reach net zero.

It’s happened to all of us – the computer program you’re using starts thinking and won’t respond. Sometimes, you just need to wait for it to finish what it’s doing. But other times, it’s stuck in a loop and it’ll never recover. So is it time to press the reset button?

Being online is just part of living in the 21st century! Cybersecurity is all about making the most of the internet safely. So be a smart cookie and take a byte out of cybercrime with this quiz!

On 11 July, Australian scientists made a super-fast connection with a satellite. This feat of engineering required the team to aim a laser up in space at a receiver built into the back of a ute.