It makes for a great movie stunt when the hero comes crashing through a window to save the day, or makes a death-defying leap out of a skyscraper. And it’s not just cool for you when you’re watching the movie, it’s fun for the actors and stunt doubles too! Movie...
Have you ever looked through a microscope and used it to see tiny objects up close? So have millions of other people all over the world. For hundreds of years, people have been using microscopes to research the world around us. They’re one of history’s most important...
Absolutely everything in the world (including your body) is made up of different combinations of chemicals. The periodic table shows all of the 118 chemical elements that are the building blocks of life as we know it. The periodic table is actually one of the most...
The Earth is in the middle of a crisis right now. Greenhouse gases and global warming are all over the news, and it’s the way we make electricity that’s causing all the problems. Scientists are meeting the challenge head-on, with researchers all over the world...
Over the last few years, we have learnt more and more about how you should be washing your hands. Making sure you have good hand hygiene is extremely important and a large part of preventing the spread of diseases. But how do we know to wash our hands and how does it...
If you have ever rubbed a balloon against your hair and seen it stand on end or if you have rubbed your feet on the carpet and then given your friend a shock, you have conducted electricity. Electricity is a huge part of life allowing everything from lights to...
Chemical reactions happen around us every day and most of the time they slip us by. But sometimes there is a reaction that has a significant impact and these are strong endothermic and exothermic reactions. These are reactions that create either heat or make things...
Rocket ships are definitely cool, and there’s also some pretty serious science that goes on behind the scenes of making rockets fly - especially once they make it into space. Without rocket fuel, we never would have been able to put humans on the moon or explore the...
We might not see much of it in Australia but snow is literally one of the coolest things that fall from the sky. It’s great for snowball fights and skiing and catching on your tongue, and there’s also some interesting science that goes on behind the scenes of creating...