Have a go at navigating a ship through the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest nautical thoroughfares.
Although this article relates to how COVID information is disseminated to the public, the theories apply to all effective science communications. “Almost half of Australian adults struggle with reading.”…”It means they often struggle to understand writing in a way required for broad participation in work, education and training, and society”
The world’s oldest continuous fire is known as ‘Burning Mountain’ North of Sydney, and has been burning non-stop for at least 6000 years.
Lots of invertebrates feed on slime molds; lots of slime molds feed on other organisms. Sounds gross but the macro photos are beautiful.
Usually, an organism’s cells all carry the same genes. In yellow crazy ants, some cells carry only maternal and others only paternal genetic material. Chimerism can happen by accident in nature but these ants rely on chimerism to exist.
Spectacular art on a nano scale (requires access to specialist chemicals, compounds and tools, but hey, why not?).
If you engage in online commentaries with your science, this article outlines how to deal with criticism online.
In June 2023, four volunteers will spend a year pretending to live on the red planet inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat.
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