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Cowpea pod

Opening the Gates to African food security

It’s a hard life being a small farmer in sub-Saharan Africa. About 200 million people in the region are poor […]

CSIRO Geophysical Survey and Mapping - Lake Illawarra shipwreck 2

3D images of the MV Lake Illawarra shipwreck in the Derwent River

The group within CSIRO that will operate the sea floor mapping equipment on board RV Investigator are called the Geophysical Survey […]

The future of biodiversity is in our hands

Australia’s Biodiversity series – Part 12: Conclusions When talking about the fate of biodiversity it’s easy to get bogged down […]

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Making STEM deadly

Before she went on a science and maths camp, 19-year-old Tayla Macdonald says, she didn’t have a huge interest in […]

RV Investigator's engines

Something for all the shipping industry rev heads!

I know there are lots of people dying to know the specifications of Investigator’s engines! Here’s the nitty gritty of the […]

Protein folding visualisation

When it comes to big data, the eyes really have it

Biological illustration has come on a bit from the days of Gould’s gorgeous illustrations of birds, or Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man. […]

Mission accomplished: lost bushwalker saved by flying robots

Teams from around the world competed in the search and rescue mission to save a mannequin (AKA: Outback Joe) in our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Challenge.

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Three men and a RAFT

We’re certainly not counting any chickens. The champagne is definitely not on the ice. But there could be a few […]

RV Investigator's weather radar

What’s a giant soccer ball doing on top of Investigator?

Sure the top dome looks like a soccer ball, but in fact it’s a dual-polarisation C-band Doppler weather research radar! A […]

Who will win, the Swans or the Hawks? We asked science

By Fiona Brown Wondering who’s going to win the AFL grand final on the weekend? We were too, so we […]

Bees backpacking in Brazil

By Emma Pyers How do bees in the Amazon jungle compare to those in Tasmania? They get up earlier, for […]

RV Investigator's container laboratories

RV Investigator’s very cool container laboratories

The Marine National Facility has a number of container laboratories available for use on board RV Investigator: HAZMAT locker A specialised container […]