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Please eggsplain: what happens when you cook an egg?

The average Australian eats around 5.7 eggs a week, but what’s actually going on when the egg hits the pan?
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

Winners of the 2016 Indigenous STEM Awards announced

In order to increase the number of Indigenous Australians participating in science, CSIRO's Indigenous STEM Awards celebrates and supports Indigenous Australians...
COMMENT

Looking for health advice? Don’t consult health magazines, try Dolly

The long-running Australian teen magazine is teaching our kids' the right stuff.
science policy

Comment: Here’s how Trump’s presidency could be good news for science

The list is short, with big caveats.
science and art

Mona’s most daring exhibition yet explores the evolutionary biology of art

With renowned academics as curators, Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art puts on a dazzling and ambitious show.
engineering

Aussie teen invents award-winning sprinkler that only waters plants when they need it

Sabiqul Hoque’s super sprinkler can detect not just soil moisture, but also weather conditions and even daylight.
opinion

Comment: What the ABC’s new Catalyst could mean for science on TV

The role of the traditional journalist is vital, whatever platform used.
nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes turn spinach plants into a living bomb detector

Just plant some spinach atop a minefield and reap the answers.
neuroscience

Comment: Using monkeys for research is justified – it’s giving us treatments that would be otherwise impossible

Debate on animal experiments is often misguided, argues neuroscientist Stuart Baker.
chemistry

How to choose a toothpaste

Here's what you need to know about the chemistry of toothpastes.
PM prize

Meet Suzy Urbaniak, who is turning school students into real scientists

Urbaniak has just received Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools 2016.
PM science prize

Meet Richard Shine, who is saving our native animals from cane toads

Renowned biologist Professor Shine has just received the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2016.
science policy

Comment: Innovation and research suffer when visa rules keep scientists at home

Scientists are losing out on collaboration because of visa delays and denials.
explain it like i'm five

Scientists use Lego and Star Wars to explain a tricky mathematics problem

A team of Polish mathematicians have produced a stop-motion animation about a famous maths puzzle.
critical thinking

Comment: What do sugar and climate change have in common?

Scientists are not always in the pocket of the industry, even if you want to believe that, writes ethicist Neil Levy.
science based medicine

Report reveals 80% of data in Chinese clinical trials have been ‘fabricated’

An investigation of applications for new drugs has revealed large-scale data fraud.
archaeology

The Memory Code: how oral cultures memorise so much information

From Aboriginal songlines to Stonehenge, memory spaces help oral cultures retain vast amounts of information.
antibacterial resistance

Hospital honey: Slathering wounds in the sweet stuff can help against superbugs

Here's why our local Mānuka honey is so good at fighting bacteria.
antibiotic resistance

Superbugs evolve in waste water, and could end up in our food

The risks to human and ecosystem health are strongly connected to poor water quality.
entanglement

Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

One step closer to dazzling quantum communication networks.