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Lake Cowal teaches conservation lesson

Four community groups in the Central West have worked together to open the Lake Cowal Conservation Centre

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Solar car team inspires students

On enough solar energy to operate a hairdryer the Sunswift solar racing team hold the transcontinental record for driving from Perth to Sydney in five days. This record-breaking team are now touring...

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Vineyard creates educational opportunity

Next time you're looking for a bottle of wine to enjoy with dinner, you may come across a local wine made by local high school students.

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One man's mission to revolutionise education

From teaching asylum-seeking children in London to dressing up as a zombie in Parkes, Dr Matt Finch's passionate crusade to revolutionise education has had an indelible impact on a country community.

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Parkes telescope scientists discover 'strange signals' from kitchen microwave

Strange signals detected by the Parkes telescope in central-west NSW were not intergalactic signals but instead, emissions escaping from a microwave in the site's kitchen, scientists say.

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Birdsong, bees and bushland helping Indigenous teenagers learn from the grass...

With tree stumps for chairs and a backdrop of bushland and towering hills, this classroom for high school students at a country New South Wales school is a place where learning is literally from the...

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Chance fossil discovery could shape scientists of the future

As Australia struggles with declining numbers of young people studying science, it's hoped a new rural education and research hub based around an ancient piece of rock will inspire the scientists of...

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Steam train puffs its way into the education curriculum

A steam train puffing its way through regional New South Wales is delighting young and old and being used to educate schoolchildren about Australia's rail heritage and its role in their own history.

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STEM education: books replaced by 3D printers to equip students for 21st...

The only school in western NSW to be a designated STEM Action School is trying to equip students for 21st century careers through a holistic approach to science, technology, engineering and maths.

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Tuna parasite threatening Port Lincoln's multi-million-dollar industry...

Researchers swap lab coats for waders and wellies in a quest to battle a tiny parasite that threatens the $150 million dollar tuna industry.

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