Imagine being able to see in the dark, without bulky night-vision goggles strapped to your head. It sounds like science fiction, but researchers have recently developed contact lenses that could one day make this a reality....
Have you ever wondered how animals just seem to know what to do to survive and breed in their given environment? Birds can build nests without completing a course on nest building, koalas can climb trees and know what leaves to eat, seals can swim...
We would like to celebrate our gorgeous Christmas Beetles! There are 35 species of Christmas Beetle which are endemic to Australia – this means that they are found nowhere else in the world. 21 of those species are found in NSW. ...
Blowing bubbles can be a lot of fun- and can teach us quite a bit about the properties of liquids. This is a fun activity you can do indoors to beat the heat, or outside if you want to get messy!...
Christmas time can be quite hot so what better way to cool off than with your very own snowman! You can even melt him right back down to beat the heat in this fun variation on a vinegar + baking soda volcano. ...
Summer is here and the air is filled with the sound of summer, cicadas. They are the loudest insects in the world, and can have a volume up to 120 decibels (similar to a chain saw or motor cycle). Little is known of the Australian...
Are you ready to help our turtles this November? The 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program is a national community conservation citizen science program. Promoting strong collaboration between scientists and community to support initiatives aimed at conserving threatened Australian freshwater turtle species. ...
Last month, we said goodbye to one of our long-term UNE Discovery team members. Phil Spark joined the team in the middle of 2017 and has now taken early retirement....
We are very excited to offer two new activities from Term 2 in 2023. Escape the Museum is our portable escape-room style activity which includes some challenges and puzzles that students will need to solve to find their way out of a locked museum...
UNE Discovery is most well known for visiting schools and delivering exciting, play based activities to students across northern NSW. But this is not all we do. From time to time the Discovery team also heads out to special festivals and events to bring awesome...
