Removing CO2 By Train
The University of Toronto has recently carried out a study suggesting using trains to capture CO2 from the air could help us with the fight against climate change. ...
31 August, 2022
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Australia’s Favourite Tree
ABC Science recently asked people to go online to explore the wonder and science of the plant kingdom, and vote for their favourite tree....
31 August, 2022
Glass: More Than Meets the Eye
The theme for this year’s National Science Week was “Glass: more than meets the eye” and while the UNE Discovery team were planning and preparing for our activities in Sydney and Armidale, we made some interesting discoveries. ...
31 August, 2022
Dr Oliver Knox – Soil Your Undies Recognition
UNE Associate Professor Oliver Knox is the man of the hour, having received his second major award in just two weeks! ...
31 August, 2022
A Free Educational Game: ‘Go Extinct!’
Teachers! Are you looking for a fun way to teach about extinction, biodiversity, evolution, or Australian megafauna? Are you looking for a free, curriculum-aligned resource? Then Go Extinct! might be for you!...
31 August, 2022
August means one thing: National Science Week!
This year National Science week ran from 14-22 August and the Discovery team were certainly very busy getting out and about during this most wonderful time of the year....
31 August, 2022
A Scorpion Eating the Moon!
Did you head outside the night of Wednesday 26 May? At about 7.15pm I wandered out to observe the magnificent super full Moon but it was hiding behind a bank of cloud. Luckily, within the next few minutes the cloud moved on and there...
23 June, 2021
World Environment Day & World Ocean Day
World Environment Day was celebrated around the earth on Saturday 5 June 2021. Since 1974, World Environment Day has been commemorated every year on 5 June, engaging governments, businesses and citizens in an effort to address pressing environmental issues. ...
23 June, 2021
Reflections of the UNE Natural History Museum During #MuseumWeek 2021
Have you ever wondered how the UNE Natural History Museum began? Why it was started? What it is used for? For those people who remember the original UNE Zoology Teaching Museum, and newer explorers of the current space in the Agricultural Education Building,...
22 June, 2021
Winter is coming . . .
I have to confess, I’m not the biggest fan of Winter. Give me warm summer evenings and days at the beach any time! Nonetheless, I am grateful that I have a warm home to go to when it gets cold. But what about other animals?...
22 June, 2021