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At Three Peaks School, they’re planning to build a gigantic triangle. The sides have just arrived, on the back of some truly ridiculous trucks, and with police escort. The longest side is 42 metres long, with the other two sides measuring 25 and 16 metres respectively. Can you work out the area of the triangle…

Scientists have just announced that they have the first photo of a black hole! But what does that actually mean? Read on to find out.

On Friday, a tiny spacecraft attempted to land on the Moon. It’s wasn’t from NASA or Roscosmos, or even China’s CNSA. The Beresheet Moon lander came from a small, not-for-profit company called SpaceIL, based in the tiny Middle Eastern country of Israel.

There’s a lot to celebrate in Australian science. See how much you know with this set of antipodean questions.

When opening a tin can, chances are you’ll turn to a can opener or use a ring pull. But these are not the only ways to crack open a tin. In this activity, try using sandpaper to remove the top of a can!

Imagine a place called Occhiblu station, where they’re trying to breed cows with blue eyes. They have 100 cows on the station, and some of them have one blue eye. Of the rest of the cows, half have two blue eyes. Recently, one of the farmhands noticed that blue eyes are sensitive to light, so…

One of the biggest prizes in mathematics has just been announced! Karen Uhlenbeck has won the Abel Prize, and will receive her award from the King of Norway in May. She has answered questions in many areas of mathematics. Plus, one of her most famous results explores questions that have no answer.

How close is close enough? Try this batch of questions and see how close you can get to full marks!

Have you ever wanted to bring your pictures to life? Here’s one neat trick to make a drawing float away, literally!

Terry is inspecting a huge clock. It’s 2:12 and they just finished examining the big hand. They need to check the little hand next, but they want it pointing in exactly the same direction that the big hand is pointing now. How long will they need to wait until the little hand is pointing that…