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There are three types of fruit in the fruit bowl: All pieces of fruit are bananas, except for three of them. All pieces of fruit are apples, except for four of them. All pieces of fruit are oranges, except for five of them. Can you work out how many pieces of each fruit are in…

Have you ever looked through your old school books? You might be surprised at how many mistakes you used to make, or the things you didn’t understand. Human brains take decades to fully develop, but eastern blue-tongue lizards might be born as clever as their adult counterparts.

We have a few questions from the world of metrology! That’s the science of measuring things. So have a go, and see how you measure up!

Think you understand magnets? In this hands-on activity, use a magnet to make a needle float and then fall.

Alice, Bernice and Claire are all speedy bike riders. They decided to race against each other to find out who is fastest cyclist. They ran three races together. In two races, Alice beat Bernice. In two races, Bernice beat Claire.

Imagine a swirl of milk in a cup of tea, or a drop of food colouring in a glass of water. The way liquids move and flow is intricate and almost impossibly complex. But that doesn’t stop scientists from trying to understand this movement.

Do you know how frogs breathe? We do! Test your knowledge in our latest quiz covering topics from plants and stars, to rocks and bytes.

In this hands-on activity, you’ll make your own vacuum chamber and watch marshmallows turn into fluffy clouds of sugar!

On Dr Vine’s desk there is some money. There are six pieces of Australian money. The money adds up to $63.

Earth is active down to its very rocks. Earthquakes and volcanoes shake our planet, and the continents themselves drift lazily across the surface. Compared to Earth, the Moon is a cold, hard rock. But even lunar rocks are more active than you might think.