As nights grow shorter and the sun approaches equinox the signs of seasonal change are hard to miss. Perhaps images of flowers in bloom, fledgling birds and outdoor adventures fill your mind? Yet, for those familiar with the night skies signs of seasonal change are...
As the seasons change, so does the sky. As we move into spring, the abundance of sky objects associated with the dense Milky Way stretching across the sky, and the bright regions around Scorpius and Sagittarius, are now setting in the west earlier, opening us...
There is something special happening on those cold foggy mornings blanketing the landscape around us. Emerging research has found that fog is much more than just water vapor, it is biologically alive and full of bacteria that help clean our air. ...
Engineering researchers from McGill University in Canada have followed a long tradition of taking inspiration from nature to a new level. Rather than copying the features of a plant or animal in their designs, Puma et al. (2025) opted to replace the printing nozzles of...
Have you ever thought about how Google Maps and GPS work? I think most of us have some vague idea about a network of satellites orbiting Earth and talking to our phones and cars somehow. And that’s more or less accurate, but the usefulness of...
Here in the Southern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice has just past. From the 22 June, the shortest day and the longest night of the year are behind us. This is the time when the Earth’s south pole is pointed away from the sun due to...
One of the last strongholds for the broad-shelled turtle in the Gwydir Wetlands is on the brink of disappearing as the Gingham Waterhole rapidly dries, prompting urgent calls for environmental water releases from Copeton Dam in the Northern Tablelands of NSW. Field surveys conducted in...
On Sunday 12 April 2026, around 70 hardy souls took part in our first ever “The Amazing Science Race” – our take on the reality tv show “The Amazing Race”. The event took participants from Civic Park in Armidale, around the CBD, to four...
We humans use names in almost every conversation, whether addressing the person we’re speaking to, recounting what friends and family have been up to, cheering on our favourite athlete or discussing the latest celebrity news. But what if animals could also call each other by...
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....
