Article Please login to favourite this article. How do birds dazzle with colour and stay camouflaged? Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Researchers unravel the mystery of the colour of birds with Australasian lorikeets. This development in the understanding of bird feather... Years 5, 7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. COVID-19: The Smart Approach Biological SciencesSTEM Why should we bother testing for COVID-19? And what difference does self-isolation make anyway? The Australian Academy of Science answers... Years 8-12
Professional Learning & Article Please login to favourite this article. How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explains Biological SciencesMathematical SciencesSTEM [PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article may since have been updated or refined.] A mathematician explains the science behind social... Years 7-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. The best fire management system is in northern Australia and it’s led by Indigenous land managers Chemical SciencesAboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM “By using fire at the right time of year, in the right places with the right people, we have a... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Tiny bird-like dinosaur smallest ever found Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM A tiny bird-like fossil has been trapped in amber since the age of the dinosaurs. This interesting discovery could be... Years 1, 3-5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM An animal that digs holes seems like more of a nuisance than a help, but according to researchers, there’s a... Years 4 & 6-8
Article Please login to favourite this article. What we can learn from fish that change sex Biological SciencesSTEM A fish that changes sex to lead the pack has revealed what happens genetically to pull off the trick. Encourage... Years 4-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Chief Scientist: We need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’ Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology “Make no mistake, this will be the biggest engineering challenge ever undertaken.” This article is suited to students in years... Years 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. The last ice age tells us why we should care about 2°C temperature changes Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesSTEM Perhaps 2°C doesn’t sound like much, but if you look through history, seemingly small temperature changes have had huge effects... Years 4-6 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. A vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19 just took a huge step forward Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM [PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article may since have been updated or refined.] An Australian team of researchers have developed... Years 8-12
Article, Professional Learning & STEM Pack Please login to favourite this article. Changemakers turn words into action for gender equity STEMCareers in STEM “Acknowledging, understanding, and confronting biases and the inequalities is the way to move forward, it’s this which catalyses words into... Years 4-12
Article, Professional Learning & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. A letter to year 12 students from Australia’s legendary astronomer Careers in STEMPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Fred Watson Fred Watson is Australia’s first Astronomer-at-Large, a position within the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.... Years 11-12