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Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

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Today’s Quick Links: 

A unique collaboration using a virtual Earth-sized telescope shows how science is changing in the 21st century: https://theconversation.com/a-unique-collaboration-using-a-virtual-earth-sized-telescope-shows-how-science-is-changing-in-the-21st-century-201556

New Australian species: https://www.smh.com.au/national/hairdressing-crabs-vicious-wasps-and-gruesome-plants-among-600-new-species-20230319-p5ctc0.html 

Dig Deeper:

A guide to climate change for kids:

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/kids-guide-to-climate-change/ 

Australia’s new emissions target submission: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/australia-submits-new-emissions-target-to-unfccc 

Next Generation telescope site: https://www.ngeht.org/about 

What is a quasar?: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-what-is-a-quasar/

Zooming in on the black hole at the centre of our galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zml0dZCjaFw

What instruments do astronomers use to find black holes?: https://www.stsci.edu/~marel/black_holes/encyc_mod1_observatories.html

The Australian Biological Resources Study: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/abrs 

Original sources:

Next Generation telescope publication on new sites for telescopes: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.05482.pdf  

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