Written by Shania Prijaya Since moving to Melbourne, I’ve noticed a plethora of birds ranging from the small Rainbow Lorikeet to the big and occasionally aggressive Silver Gulls. I soon realized that these feathery creatures color Victoria with their presence…
Written by Yuxuan Sha In the 2100s, the world is saturated with science and technology. Artificial intelligence can be found everywhere. Plants are the only natural scenery remaining. Childhood At Christmas, a little boy looked at a pot of mimosa…
Written by Sophia Giarrusso Fossil fuels are ancient history. Global transport is powered by hydrogen and one person just had a crack at teleportation; she succeeded on her third try, but nobody knows where she went... It’s the year 2500…
Written by Dr Renee Beale and Morgan Beale Rose considered her guests carefully while dunking three sugar cubes in her latest on-trend vantablack tea cup (doesn’t show the tea stains, don’t you know!). The conversation had turned to Audrey and…
Written by Morgan Beale Do you want to live forever? It’s not a new question. Both history and fiction are replete with stories of people searching for ways to stretch beyond their three-score and ten allotment, usually with an unpleasant…
The boundary between the probable and improbable blurs when National Science Week Victoria 2020 unleashes Possible Impossibles from August 15-23 - an online series of events and activities exploring the frontiers of possibility, and asking ‘What’s next for the human…
Written by Catriona Nguyen-Robertson From Border Collie bodyguards to puppies on patrol, dogs are helping Zoos Victoria protect some of our most threatened species. Australia is facing an extinction crisis: as at 2019, a total of 1790 species of…