Article Please login to favourite this article. If we keep heading the way we’re going, the platypus is in big trouble Biological SciencesSTEM Development and drought are pushing the platypus, like many other native Australian species, on the path to extinction. Suitable for... Years 5-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. A vampire star has been spotted sucking the life from its victim Space SciencesSTEM A white dwarf star in the middle of a feeding frenzy sheds new insight into vampire star systems. Suitable for... Years 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Bushfires are threatening our drinking water Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Bushfires pose a serious risk to the quality of our drinking water – expert Stuart Khan explains the immediate and... Years 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Hunter or hunted? When the world catches on fire, how do predators respond? Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Millions of animals have perished in the bushfires ravaging our country – those that survive will feel the effects long... Years 6-7 & 9-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. New clues to the Milky Way’s age Earth & Space SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM By studying star-quake vibrations, scientists have a new estimate for the age of the Milky Way’s ‘thick disc’. This short... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Fireball over SA could have been a rarely seen “Minimoon” Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM It’s the Moon Mk2 – a minimoon orbiting Earth was spotted as it exploded in the atmosphere in 2016. This... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. No, koalas aren’t functionally extinct Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Claims koalas have been made “functionally extinct” due to the recent bushfires is an exaggeration of their actual plight. This... Years 4-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Alan Finkel – Australia’s hydrogen future has arrived Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMSustainabilityTechnology With the natural resources and relationship with importers, Australia is well placed to profit from a hydrogen future, writes Australia’s... Years 5-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Scientists discover why mantis shrimps' brains don't explode Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Mantis shrimp eyes collect a staggering amount of information, feeding into a tiny brain – leaving scientists wondering how they... Years 5-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Incredible image of galactic centre discovers a supernova likely seen by Indigenous Australians Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM The explosive death of a star discovered within a stunning image of the centre of the galaxy could have been... Years 7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Milky Way’s supermassive black hole flings star across the galaxy Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM A star has been yeeted by the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy like a drunk ejected... Years 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Intense bushfires can create their own weather systems, making the conditions on the ground even more deadly. Useful topical resource... Years 4-7 & 9-10