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  • COSMOS Magazine: Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste
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    COSMOS Magazine: Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste

    Chemical SciencesSTEM

    What goes into the pea-sized splotch of brush-additive paste with which (most of us) start and end each day? Ellen...

    Years 5 & 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: What causes the oily film on black tea?
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    COSMOS Magazine: What causes the oily film on black tea?

    Chemical SciencesSTEM

    Researchers take a closer look at the physics and chemist-tea. Learn about the compound responsible for the oily film on...

    Years 8
  • COSMOS Magazine: Aurora Traditions of the First Australians
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    COSMOS Magazine: Aurora Traditions of the First Australians

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace Sciences

    The Southern Lights of the Aurora Australis are writ large in the storytelling traditions of Indigenous Australians, write Krystal De...

    Years 6-9
  • COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light
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    COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light

    EngineeringPhysical Sciences

    Rachel Rayner takes us on a tour of the spectrum beyond the visible and explains why dogs help. Explore the...

    Years 5 & 9
  • COSMOS Magazine: How to think when you don’t have a brain
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    COSMOS Magazine: How to think when you don’t have a brain

    Biological Sciences

    Even a form of brainless slime mould can make decisions about its next venture. What can it teach humans? Learn...

    Years 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Dude! Where’s my flying car?
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    COSMOS Magazine: Dude! Where's my flying car?

    EngineeringPhysical SciencesTechnology

    The Jetsons cartoons gave the boomer generation a vision of seemingly magically powered flying vehicles, delivering George Jetson to his...

    Years 7-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: The Chemistry of Soap
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    COSMOS Magazine: The Chemistry of Soap

    Biological SciencesChemical Sciences

    A few minor cosmetic tweaks aside, the basic recipe for soap has endured for millennia. Jacinta Bowler looks at its...

    Years 7-10
  • COSMOS MAGAZINE: Solar System Knowledge of the First Australians
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    COSMOS MAGAZINE: Solar System Knowledge of the First Australians

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesEarth & Space SciencesSpace Sciences

    For at least 65,000 years, First Nations Australians have understood Earth’s place in the solar system and the universe, write...

    Years 5
  • COSMOS Magazine: Rising in the yeast
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    COSMOS Magazine: Rising in the yeast

    Biological SciencesChemical Sciences

    The science of sourdough bread is anything but run of the mill. Kelly Wong gets a starter lesson from sourdough...

    Years 7-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: W boson spotted in Antarctica
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    COSMOS Magazine: W boson spotted in Antarctica

    Antarctic SciencePhysical Sciences

    IceCube observatory spots elementary particle needle in a galactic haystack. This resource is for Year 12 Physics students learning about...

    Years 11-12
  • COSMOS Magazine: Advanced technology inspired by nature
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    COSMOS Magazine: Advanced technology inspired by nature

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEngineering

    If you know where to look, there’s almost no technological or design problem that nature hasn’t solved already. Amalyah Hart...

    Years 4-7 & 9-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: How to build a spacesuit
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    COSMOS Magazine: How to build a spacesuit

    EngineeringSpace SciencesTechnology

    Few uniforms are as recognisable and inspiring as those worn for space travel. But as Deborah Devis discovers, the evolution...

    Years 5 & 8-10

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