By Ariel Marcy, 2 November 2023
We promise to tell no tall tales, but this science quiz will have you sitting up straighter. Can you reach the 5/5 mark?
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By Chenxin Tu, 1 November 2023
There are more than 28 million cattle in Australia that produce over 280 million cow poos a day. That’s a lot of poo to clean up! So CSIRO scientists asked nature’s best poo recyclers for help.
By Emily Gumina, 25 October 2023
With Halloween around the corner and spooky season in full force, here are 5 ocean animals that are always ready to go trick-or-treating.
By Chenxin Tu, 24 October 2023
By Ariel Marcy, 23 October 2023
Difficulty: Tricky Anas is making a map of his friend group. In his map, each circle is a person. A line joins 2 circles if and only if those 2 people are friends. Using the clues below, can you figure out who goes where on the map? 1. Anas has 3 friends: Ruth, Mitra, and […]
By Chenxin Tu, 19 October 2023
By Ariel Marcy, 18 October 2023
Are you smarter than a computer? See if you can find your algo-rhythm in this byte-sized artificial intelligence (AI) quiz.
By Ariel Marcy, 11 October 2023
Happy Nutrition week (11-17 Oct)! We sure hope you’re hungry for knowledge as we’re egging you on to score feta than average. Gouda luck and donut give up!
By Ariel Marcy, 10 October 2023
How does your body know when to sleep and wake up? For a long time, scientists thought that your brain dictated your body’s internal clock. Now Australian and French researchers have found that the liver has a say, too.
By Emily Gumina, 9 October 2023
While onboard the RV Investigator in 2017, scientists collected a large sponge, but that wasn’t the only thing they collected. Inside, they found 30 banded sand catsharks (Atelomycterus fasciatus). This was the first time sharks had been seen living in sponges, but it wasn’t the last.
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