By Mike, 24 November 2012
Take part in the big, blind carrot experiment! Please post your results as comments to this post.
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By Pat, 16 November 2012
Dogs chase cats – it’s one of the facts of life. However, what seems to be true in the backyard might not be the case in the Australian bush.
By Mike, 2 November 2012
Say cheese and flash that beautiful smile. You should be proud of those choppers; after all, teeth have been around for nearly half a billion years.
By Mike, 30 October 2012
Written by Emma Bastian How do you weigh a dinosaur? It’s a simple question with a very complex answer.
By David Shaw, 13 October 2012
These mimic activities are about memory. To do them well, you need to remember exactly what you saw. Your brain makes memories in a few stages. Sensory memory describes what happens when you briefly see an object. It lasts just a split second, however.
By Pat, 12 October 2012
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Sir John B. Gurdon and Professor Shinya Yamanaka. They received the award ‘for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent’. What does that mean?
By Mike, 5 October 2012
Create a taste illusion with this fun recipe!
By Jasmine Fellows, 28 September 2012
Written by Sarah Kellett Life jackets are often orange to make them easy to spot after an accident. And orange fruit have their own life jackets, all built in!
By Pat, 28 September 2012
Bionic vision technology aims to help people who are blind or vision-impaired regain their sense of sight. Like with the cochlear implant, or bionic ear, Australian researchers are again leading the way, this time to develop a bionic eye.
By Pat, 20 September 2012
Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of monkey in central Africa. It’s only the second new species of primate to be discovered on the continent in 28 years.
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