Science Illustrated

Jan 11, 2025 | scienceillustrated.com.au | Jez Ford

National Geographic’s series ‘A Real Bug’s Life’ returns on January 15th to Disney+ for a second season, this time including an episode dedicated to our unique Australian insect life.

Nov 18, 2024 | scienceillustrated.com.au | Jez Ford

While there is consensus that our Sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a molecular cloud of gas and dust, less has been known about how long the formation of the star actually took. But now we have an estimate, thanks to stellar evolution tools pioneered by Monash University astrophysicists led by Associate Professor Amanda Karakas. “From these models, we can determine which elements are produced by stars and how those elements are expelled into the galaxy,” Karakas explains.

Jul 18, 2024 | scienceillustrated.com.au | Jez Ford

KAUST’s internships invite the brightest and best to join a vibrant international STEM community on the shores of the Red Sea. [This is an informational advertising feature produced in collaboration with KAUST.]King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate-level research university situated along a stretch of stunning Red Sea coastline in Saudi Arabia.

Jun 23, 2024 | scienceillustrated.com.au | Jez Ford

Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the world’s largest active volcano, and its 2022 eruption was the volcano’s 34th since 1843. But why is such a giant volcano located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, far away from everything? In a nutshell, this area is the place on Earth where the most magma per square kilometre reaches Earth’s surface. All of the Hawaiian Islands – eight major islands and many smaller ones – were formed by volcanoes.

May 12, 2024 | scienceillustrated.com.au | Jez Ford

Over the last decade, a series of discoveries around Lake Callabonna in arid South Australia have yielded multiple complete fossil skeletons of kangaroos, including Protemnodon, an extinct genus that existed in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. These fossils allowed lead researcher Dr Isaac Kerr, then a PhD student, to unpick a nearly 150-year-long puzzle around the identities of the species.