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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.

The Great Barrier Reef is one of Earth’s 7 natural wonders. We’re wondering if you’ll be a natural at this quiz! Wade into the Reef’s fantastic ecology and aim for a dive out of five.

Finding one meteorite usually requires researchers to walk at least a few million square metres. Seamus Anderson from Curtin University has a way to speed up his meteorite hunts.

Difficulty: Fun Ellen has a set of 6 weights that come in pairs. One pair is a magical set of negative weights (think helium balloons that take weight away). 2 of the weights are 1 kilogram each, 2 of the weights are 5 kilograms each, and the 2 magical weights are -3 kilograms each. Ellen […]

Friends can help you out during difficult times. Plants can do the same for each other. In this activity, find out how growing different plants together can help defend against garden pests— chemical spray free!

Difficulty: Fun Triangular numbers are numbers that can be formed into a triangle. For example, 3 is a triangular number with 2 dots on the bottom row and 1 dot on top row forming an equilateral triangle of 3 dots. 6 is the next triangular number with 3 dots on the bottom, 2 dots in […]

We promise to tell no tall tales, but this science quiz will have you sitting up straighter. Can you reach the 5/5 mark?  

There are more than 28 million cattle in Australia that produce over 280 million cow poos a day. That’s a lot of poo to clean up! So CSIRO scientists asked nature’s best poo recyclers for help.