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From cancer genes to train timetables
By Arwen Cross Today is world maths day, and students around the world are playing in the World Education Games. If you can solve fifty maths games in an hour, imagine what you could achieve if you...
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A little drop of π for pi day
By Carrie Bengston and Arwen Cross Every time you sneeze, droplets of snot shoot out of your nose and mouth (that’s why you should cover your mouth when you sneeze). But did you know droplets are...
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Going nuts with the Canberra distance
By Arwen Cross Love it or hate it, Canberra is our capital city. But it isn’t the only thing named Canberra. Hamish Boland-Rudder has found five other things with the same name, which he described in...
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The maths behind a zombie apocalypse
By Carrie Bengston What would happen if zombies invaded the planet? World War Z tells the story with Brad Pitt and a much bigger film budget than we have. But it will hearten you to know that a team in...
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Baking bread by the numbers
Whether it’s sourdough, seeded rye, gluten-free or plain old white, there’s nothing like tucking into a fresh slice of bread. And it’s little wonder this age-old staple tastes so good – experts have...
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The spice is right: how curry and the cloud may improve Alzheimer’s testing
By Carrie Bengston, James Davidson and Olivier Salvado Mmm . . . lovely! A hot Indian curry is simmering away on the stove on a wintry night. The smell of spices fills the kitchen. One of the spices is...
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Making STEM deadly
Before she went on a science and maths camp, 19-year-old Tayla Macdonald says, she didn’t have a huge interest in science. She wanted to be a journalist. But the camp made science significant and...
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Making molecules crystal clear
The International Year of Crystallography is drawing to a close, and we’re not going to let it finish without showing you something about what crystallographers do. Which is not what most people would...
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A different kind of show and tell
Imagine you’re back at school, and one day the teacher has something for show and tell. Someone, actually. A real live scientist, or mathematician, or ICT specialist. And not just the once. It’s been...
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The science to being crowned king of the crackers
Our researchers used science to determine the technique most likely to win you the Christmas cracker's internal goodies.
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