Pocket-sized experiments and steams trains could be the unusual combination to help draw disillusioned children back into science, educators hope.
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Five minutes of colouring has same benefits as meditation: expert
As little as five minutes of colouring in a day can have the same influence on the brain as an hour of practising conventional meditation techniques, according to a cognitive neuroscientist who has coined the term “colourtation”.
Wine drinkers explore how music can influence taste
Wine drinkers at this year’s World Science Festival in Brisbane are given the chance to explore how the beverage’s taste can be altered by different genres of music.
Brave Brisbane kids honoured for fighting off murderous stepfather
Cameron and Jayden Caulfield and their two siblings will be handed Australian Bravery Awards for disarming their drunken stepfather after he shot their mother and tried to strangle her.
World Science Festival recruiting tomorrow's innovators
Activities and experiments at the World Science Festival in Brisbane are helping to get kids excited about studying science and engineering.
Drenching from Debbie due in south-east Queensland
South-east Queensland is set for a drenching today with rainfall in excess of 200 millimetres possible in some localised areas, the Bureau of Meteorology warns.
View from 35,000km exposes Cyclone Debbie's force of nature
Zoom out and you can see why Cyclone Debbie continues to wreak havoc on the people of Queensland.
Widespread flooding as ex-Cyclone Debbie heads south-east
Ex-Cyclone Debbie is causing monsoonal rain and major floods across central Queensland, with Brisbane to get more than a month’s worth of rain on Thursday.
Peak-hour bottleneck as fire breaks out at Brisbane's XXXX Brewery
A blaze at the XXXX Brewery in Brisbane’s inner west, which led to peak-hour traffic delays, is brought under control by firefighters.
Tomic left out of Davis Cup quarter-final team
Bernard Tomic remains in exile after Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt named an unchanged team for next month’s Davis Cup quarter-final against the United States in Brisbane.