Quiz Answers
- Eggs.
- True. The iPod nano’s flash memory chip and the iPhone’s touchscreen are both products of nanotechnology.
- b. In a body-shattering display of true self-sacrifice, the Carpenter ant (Camponotus saundersi) will violently contract its abdominal muscles and rupture its body, spraying poison and glue in all directions to protect the colony.
- 111.6 decibels. This is as loud as a chainsaw.
- Despite its cunning name, the SKA will actually be at least 3000-5000 kilometres wide, spanning several countries. The collecting surface itself, however, will be approximately one square kilometre. The CSIRO-operated precursor to the SKA, the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, has just received its first radio signal from space.
