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Scientists love to name things. In this quiz you can discover all kinds of strange and wonderful names that scientists use in their jobs, and where those names come from.

If you thought humans were the only fishers who use nets, think again! Humpback whales work together to net and herd fish, making the fish easier to eat. But these whale nets are made of bubbles! To learn more, it’s time to blow some bubble nets ourselves.

I’m thinking of a two digit number. If you add the digits together and then multiply by three, you get the number back again! What number am I thinking of?

When you think about it, whales seem a bit strange. They live in the ocean, but breathe air. That suggests that millions of years ago, their ancestors walked on land. But the change didn’t happen overnight.

From objects in free fall to the fall of the dinosaurs, we’ve got some tricky teasers for you today. Hope you don’t trip up!

Here are two egg experiments in one! Turn your eggs rubbery by dissolving their shells, and then make one grow and the other shrink with the power of salt water.

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.