Article Please login to favourite this article. Using a pocket rocket to explore distant planets Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesTechnology Researchers have adapted a miniature rocket, called the Pocket Rocket, to replicate the conditions of distant planets’ atmospheres. This article... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. To climb, maybe robots need toes Biological SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesTechnology Researchers watch a gecko in action, studying their toes to help the design of robots. Lots of technology has mimicked... Years 4-5, 7 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Brines on Mars not habitable, study says Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSpace Sciences Brines are common on Mars, but not ‘special’. As the search for life beyond Earth continues, this article could be... Years 4-5 & 7-8
Article Please login to favourite this article. A solar chimney that saves lives and energy Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesTechnology This solar chimney can slash energy costs and now research reveals it could also help save lives in a building... Years 6-8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. ‘When chemistry became biology’: looking for the origins of life in hot springs Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth Sciences The hypothesis that hot springs may have been the ‘spark’ that helped organic matter turn into life has been put... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Mars rover tested in Flinders Ranges Biological SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology Mars rover, Perseverance, will soon head to Mars looking for life – now scientists have tested the same methods to... Years 5, 8 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. How much does a koala need to drink? Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Possibly a lot more than we thought. This article is suited to students in all years studying Biological or Earth... Years F-9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Behold, the “Crazy Beast” Biological SciencesEarth Sciences It might look like a badger, but internally the Crazy Beast has got some crazy-weird seemingly nature-defying anatomy. This interesting... Years 4-7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Queensland dolphins intentionally beach themselves to trap food Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Beached as bro! Dolphins in Fitzroy River, Queensland chase fish onto muddy banks and beach themselves, before sliding back into... Years 5, 7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Timor-Leste cave art could be a link to Australia’s first people Earth SciencesSTEM Weathered stencils of handprints made 65,000 years ago suggests some of the first people to Australia could have taken a... Years 4 & 8
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Hubble turns 30 – The images that changed our view of the universe Mathematical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology As the Hubble Space Telescope turns 30, astrophysicist Alan Duffy shares his favourite images and how they changed the way... Years 10-12
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Glowing dolphins: The brilliance of bioluminescence off our coasts Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Marine biologist Vanessa Pirotta was instrumental in filming dolphins swimming in bioluminescence for the first time – and the experience... Years 6, 8 & 10