Kylie Andrews

From remote to inner city, watch the Milky Way fade from sight due to light pollution

What is a baby platypus called? Where is Planet Nine? Are you an uber geek? There's only one way to find out — take this quiz.

Test your knowledge of the fascinating, hilarious and ground-breaking science discoveries from 2023. We promise it’s more fun than a science test.

Our native fauna make some awesome calls. Many, such as the magpie, we hear everyday while others, like the koala, are less common. How many can you identify in our quiz?

Sam Robinson is a scientist who gets stung in the name of understanding pain. And he’s rated the pain from bites and stings by some Aussie animals and plants.

Gum trees dominate the dais at the end of our quest to find Australia's favourite native tree, as #teamfig is left to plan for next year.

Some of these are obvious, some might surprise you but almost all of them are pretty simple changes to make in your life.

If it feels like the days are zipping by too quickly, spare a thought for the dinosaurs, whose days were even shorter. That’s right, when dinos walked the Earth, a day was only 23 hours — and it has to do with the Moon.

What can possibly go wrong when you rely on satellite-based GPS for navigation?

Know that feeling when you’ve been grappling with a problem and finally a solution just arrives in your brain? Scientists are trying to better understand it.

Psychology researchers have flipped their focus away from narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism to explore what characteristics are present in people who are the everyday saints around us. Maybe you’re one of them?

Scientists are concerned about changes in the world’s insect populations, with one expert claiming the rate of insect extinctions is about eight times higher than that of vertebrates, and even warning they could disappear altogether in some places.

That uncomfortable feeling of being bored affects us all at some point. There’s a reason for that — and a danger in ignoring it.

Citizen science is hot right now, with plenty of projects to capture your imagination — and helping out with a research project is a great antidote to the excesses of the season.

You may or may not have just given your child a mobile or gaming device for Christmas. Either way, it’s a good time to think about how technology will be used in your family this year.

The results of the ABC’s Science Week Smartphone Survey are in! And how we use our phones and how we feel about them depends on how old you are, but not necessarily in the way you might expect.

We love our smartphones, but how do they affect us? Our Science Week survey seeks to investigate one of the key relationships in your life — you and your smartphone.

Uluru is the most iconic natural landform in Australia — and its formation is an equally special story of creation, destruction and reinvention.

Uluru is the most iconic natural landform in Australia — and its formation is an equally special story of creation, destruction and reinvention.

Your life experiences could modify your DNA and make a difference to your children and grandchildren. The science of epigenetics is just getting started, but promises to deliver big changes to the way we treat disease and understand heredity.