63-year-old artist Simon Beck makes colossal yet intricate designs on the unlikely canvas of enormous snowfields. Beck treks for hours carving with his feet, creating snow sculptures over a quarter mile long.
Ever wondered what the vibrations of a spider’s web sounds like? It’s 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.
Taking part in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is easy! Just spend 20 minutes in your favourite outdoor space and tell us about the birds you see during that period. You can submit your results using the app or the web form. Every count helps.
A snap of the finger produces the highest rotational acceleration observed in humans.
In 2006, a new definition of “planet” meant Pluto got demoted, which still causes debate today. Read this to understand what it’s all about.
Over the past 10 years, R&D gross funding value has stayed the same, despite an increase in the cost of doing research, coupled with the increase in the population of scientists.
Who should be named as inventors on a key vaccine patent application?
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