Treading Lightly
For the love of Mallee
Move slowly and quietly in this specialist Australian arid habitat and you might be rewarded by seeing one of the world’s rarest birds.
Tim the Yowie Man
The man buried three times
By definition, a final resting place is final, isn’t it? Well, not always, it seems.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Drunk from the inside: Dr Karl explains rare auto-brewery syndrome
Amazingly, some people can manufacture alcohol inside their body from the food they eat – carbohydrates, to be specific. Some do it so well, they can raise their blood alcohol level to eight times the legal driving limit!
Tim the Yowie Man
A tale of mistaken identity and whalebone picnics
For more than 20 years, the jawbone of a whale lay on the grass just behind the golden sands of Long Beach, near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Dr Karl: Renewables and agriculture can coexist
Electricity and agriculture is not an ‘either/or situation’, argues Dr Karl.
Tim the Yowie Man
The eccentric Aussie bushranger you’ve never heard of
Ned Kelly, Ben Hall and Captain Thunderbolt – the criminal exploits of these notorious bushrangers are forever etched into our national psyche. But what about the Birdman of the Coorong?
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Dr Karl: ‘Nothing will convince the flat-Earthers’
In November 2023, SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket test flight. This was the heaviest, tallest and most powerful rocket ever built and – not unexpectedly – it didn’t work.
Tim the Yowie Man
The man who lived in a log
It’s the dream of every child who loves the outdoors – build a secret bush cubby, a retreat from the prying eyes of parents and an opportunity to let the imagination run wild in a make-believe world of fairies, goblins and other magical creatures.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
The Varroa mite is here to stay
After spreading through most of Earth’s honeybee populations, the parasite known as the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) recently got a foothold in Australia and has begun devastating our own bees.
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Settling squabbles over Australia’s deepest caves
School camps are great fun, aren’t they? They’re a chance for students to step away from the classroom, appreciate the outdoors and be physically challenged. However, you may think differently if you suffer from claustrophobia and were compelled to endure three days crawling through a labyrinth of dark chambers!