Article & Professional Learning Please login to favourite this article. ‘All things will outlast us’: how the Indigenous concept of deep time helps us understand environmental destruction Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM By looking through Indigenous eyes at the Australian environment, scientists can better understand the history and prepare for the future... Years 6-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. As if space wasn’t dangerous enough, bacteria become nastier in microgravity Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Research from space flight missions has found that bacteria seem to become more resistant to antibiotics and mutate quicker in... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Do all animals socially isolate to avoid disease? Biological SciencesSTEM Whether or not animals socially isolate depends on the circumstances and the cost-benefit analysis. This article is best suited to... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Q&A: Eye and AI on the sky Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology Thoughts on what technology does to astronomy. For students who want to find out about what’s going on in astronomy... Years 9-12
Article & Explainer Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: Why are viruses considered non-living? Biological Sciences Viruses lack many of the features that are the hallmarks of life. This explainer article is well suited to year... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How a scientific spat over how to name species turned into a big plus for nature Biological SciencesSTEM For years a battle has raged about the rules of taxonomy. Scientist vs scientist. Comparisons to Stalin. But a conclusion... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. My talk with Jane Goodall: vegetarianism, animal welfare and the power of children’s advocacy Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Dame Jane Goodall and Professor of Animal Welfare, Clive Phillips, discuss unique human characteristics, societies’ moral obligations to animals, and... Years 4, 6-7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Tim Jarvis – Trees are more important now than ever before Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Trees are not only useful for mitigating carbon emissions, they play many critical roles. Yet we are not doing enough... Years 6-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Ancient signs of life: inspiring the next generation of scientists in the outback Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM As Perseverance sets off on its six-month journey to Mars, two UNSW PhD students look back on a field trip... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. These new species are things to Marvel at Biological SciencesSTEM CSIRO turns to heroes in this year’s list of newly named species. Show students the fun had by scientists when... Years 7 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Why do so many dangerous animals live in Australia? Biological SciencesSTEM Why do so many dangerous animals live in Australia? – Lucy, aged seven, Kent, UK Use this article with Biology... Years 4-6 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. The ultimate map of the Universe Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology Two decades of work fills an 11-billion-year gap to create an ultimate map of the Universe. This article explains a... Years 10-12