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Editor's choice Friday, 10 February 2017
Back to school quiz Could you pass Year 10 science?
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
How good is your knowledge of basic science? Take our back-to-school quiz based on the Australian curriculum to test your memory and logic.
Great Moments in Science
How lightning happens: a step-by-step guide
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
DIY killers
DNA reveals how pitcher plants evolved to become flesh-eaters
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Evolution of life
'Platypus of microbiology' bacterium pushes boundaries of evolution
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Indigenous education
Revisiting a trail-blazing Top End bilingual maths program
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
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Scientists cook up material 200 times stronger than steel out of soybean oil
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
An everyday cooking oil has been used to make graphene in a lab - a development scientists said could significantly reduce the cost and complexity of making the super-substance on a commercial scale.
- Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim honoured for stem cell research
- Fossils of huge 'wolf-sized' otter unearthed in China
- Hopes of saving orange-bellied parrots hang on foster baby
- Scans reveal how the Tasmanian tiger's brain was wired to kill
- Weather observed for first time on Jupiter-like exoplanet
- Feathered dinosaur tail discovered in lump of amber from a market in Myanmar
- Ancient eclipse records revise modern calculations of Earth's spin
Dr Karl
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Thursday, 9 February 2017
Professor Claire Collins answers: What happens if you cut out all sugar? Would diabetics benefit from a vegan diet? Why does fruit give you the runs?
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Why we need a leap second added to our clocks
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
As New Year's Eve ticked over to 2017, scientists added an extra second to atomic clocks to compensate for the Earth's variable rotation.
Australia facts
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Five things you probably don't know about Australia
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Every schoolkid knows that Australia is gradually heading north - but we're also turning sideways, rising up and down, and entire cities are moving further apart. How do we know all this? Because of supermassive black holes.
Quiz
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Creepy crawly quiz: How much do you know about stings and bites?
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Australia's reputation for beautiful beaches, warm weather and diverse wildlife might only be beaten by its notoriety as a hotbed of venomous spiders, deadly snakes and lethal jellyfish.
The great outdoors
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Saluting a great Australian: The bush fly
Thursday, 26 January 2017
No summer barbecue would be complete without the great Aussie salute. It's a tradition that has been linked to one specific fly: the Australian bush fly.