Australian Science Illustrated — Issue 54 2017

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MEGAPIXEL

It’s all about the walrus mass

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SCIENCE UPDATE

Learn and become learned

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ASK US

How can I avoid certain death, but in a

rigorously scientific way?

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HOME CHEMISTRY

An expert project for supergeeks

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TRIVIA

Now with more blockchain brainbusters!

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BIODIVERSITY

How a spider could fix your boo-boo

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DID HITLER SEND US TO THE MOON?

NASA’s rockets, including the Saturn V,

were all based on military tech that killed

thousands. Meet the original WMD

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HIGH TECHNOLOGY VS ANCIENT EGYPT

Lasers, supercomputers, drones, radar and

more are all being co-opted into the ongoing

quest to uncover Egypt’s deepest secrets.

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SUPERCRITICAL FLUID IS SUPER AWESOME

Geothermal power has massive potential.

Iceland can get it easily, so no wonder this

country is taking the tech to the next level.

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YOUR LAST COMMON ANCESTOR

Is this lemur your great-to-the-nth grandparent?

Or are you actually related to a sort of sponge

at the bottom of a rock pool? Trick question!

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