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Highlighters are so bright that you’d think their ink lasts forever. Make it disappear with a simple citrus fruit!

Scientists are going all out to measure both the miniscule and the immense! This quiz is inspired by the massive scientific equipment built around the globe. Go BIG or go home!

The teacher challenges Becki and her classmates to find three bottom numbers that follow the pattern and add up to 15. Becki is pretty sure that there are multiple solutions, where the numbers along the bottom appear in different orders. If she keeps at it, how many different solutions will Becki find?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is really good at making pictures. From fake photos to phony paintings, they can look almost real. But AI is not very good with videos – and that’s because they can’t keep track of time. Engineers from the University of Michigan tackled this problem by imitating the human brain!

Would you like to help satellites keep an eye on Australian water quality? This hands-on activity shows you how! Through the EyeOnWater app, you can help CSIRO scientists match satellite data to photos of the water in your neighbourhood!

Have you ever heard of an axolotl? These amazing animals have captured our attention (and our hearts). If you’ve never heard of an axolotl before, check out our video below. If you’re ready for the quiz, just keep scrolling.

Imagine traveling back to the days of the dinosaurs, 100 million years ago. This is well before all of Australia’s marsupials – kangaroos, koalas, wombats and other furry, pouched critters – evolved. Instead, a team of palaeontologists have named it the Age of Monotremes.

Winter is here and it’s time to keep warm with a science-fuelled quiz! Will you radiate confidence or find yourself out in the cold?

Create oobleck, the amazing slime that can be both a liquid AND a solid!!

Anamaria and Chen are two friends who toured a magical chocolate factory! They both get enormous amounts of chocolate and they want to share it evenly between them. Anamaria gets 1,574,936 squares of chocolate and Chen gets 3,569,321 squares of chocolate. Without using a calculator, can you tell if it is possible for them to share the chocolate between them without breaking any squares?