After only two days at sea, and while most people are still finding their sea legs, a team of scientists from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), University of Tasmania and Australian National University, has begun a relentless schedule of trawling for snails.

When an Olympic athlete gets hurt training, one of the best recovery tools is a simple chemical compound found all around us – water.

Meet Noel – a 27 year old astronautical engineer who works with NASA’s super computers to find a new way to land on Mars. Read the interview to learn about the possibility of humans on Mars, how physics affects our everyday lives and the role of rockets, parachutes and airbags in space.

Space physicists can add another feather to their cap following the retrieval of the Hayabusa space capsule – the first unmanned space craft to land on an asteroid and return to Earth.

Earlier this year (March 2010), an Expert Working Group presented to the Prime Minister and other members of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) a report on the science of learning titled: Transforming Learning and the Transmission of Knowledge: Preparing a learning society for the future.

During a recent live interview on ABC Newcastle Radio, Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny Sackett promised to answer your quirky questions here on the Chief Scientist web site.
Now her team has squirrelled out the answers.

Shotput, hurdles, hammer throws and… maths? It might not seem to fit, but the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical (APSM) Olympiads are now giving students the chance to be Olympic champions.

Get out your cosmic candles, planet party poppers, and spacey streamers -the Hubble Space Telescope is turning 20 tomorrow.

Find out how scientific processes and the power of the sun create the flavour of your favourite Jelly Beans

In 1998 the world saw its hottest year on record up to that point, as measured by average global air temperatures. This has led some to falsely conclude that world has stopped warming ever since. Global warming has not stopped. Read on to find out the facts.