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Difficulty: Tricky Scarlett, Azure and Jett were drinking tea together. There was one scarlet red teacup, one azure blue mug and a jet-black tea glass. None of them had a cup that was the same colour as their own name. After a while, Scarlett offered to get the person with the black glass another drink. […]

This weird, wonderful shape is called a sphericon and it has a strange way of rolling. It wiggles back and forth as it trundles downhill!

Difficulty: Extreme! Terri runs a car showroom. It has 3 roads to park cars on, which all meet in the middle of the showroom. Terri can fit 3 cars on each road. If she tries to park a fourth, it blocks the intersection in the middle. At the moment, there are 2 Audis on one […]

It’s no secret that the world is warming. Scientists are studying how climate change affects all kinds of things, from icecaps to oceans, and single species to entire ecosystems. And there’s a lot to consider. When was the last time you thought about soil?

Scientists measure all kinds of things, from plants to planets. And sometimes, they invent strange scales to measure things against – as you’ll discover in this quiz!

CSIRO’s robotics scientists have a lot to celebrate. They were part of a team that represented Australia in one of the world’s hardest robotics competitions, the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. And they just won silver (and a million dollars).

Difficulty: Tricky Last week, there was an earthquake near Mount Buller in Victoria. The shaking reached central Melbourne around 9:16:30, and Canberra at 9:17:30. It’s 120 kilometres from the earthquake epicentre to central Melbourne, and 360 kilometres from the epicentre to Canberra. From the epicentre to Sydney, it’s 600 kilometres. What time did the shaking […]

This simple toy can balance on a table edge or a fingertip. So get your craft on and have some physics fun!

This quiz is all about preserving things. From sugar to space archaeology, can you save the day by getting these questions right?

Want to surprise your friends and family? With a bit of practice, you can make this cup cluck like a chicken!