Christmas is notoriously a time of indulgence: there are all of the chocolates, cheese boards, mince pies, nuts, crisps – and that’s after you’ve already eaten your own body weight in Christmas dinner. So it’s maybe not surprising that many people end up putting on a bit of weight.

Shark skin might look perfectly smooth, but inspect it under a microscope and you’ll notice something strange. The entire outer surface of a shark’s body is actually covered in sharp, little scales known as denticles. More remarkable still, these denticles are incredibly similar to human teeth, as they’re also comprised of dentine and enamel-like materials.

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars series, will hit the big screens on December 19. Science fiction in general – and Star Wars in particular – is a hugely popular genre, much because of the titillating possibility that the mind-blowing technology we see on screen could one day work.

Sydney's transport system requires users to tap a physical plastic card or, more recently, their payment cards. But that could all be made easier with the state government announcing it will be introduce another option for those living in or visiting the city — contact-less payments via wearable devices.

There are a lot of powerful feelings we can associate with Ford v. Ferrari, which put the 1960s tale of Le Mans fresh in our minds, such as an uncontrollable love for the fuels the world runs on: capitalism, gasoline and testosterone. But in the spirit of all three, can we put a monetary value on those feelings?

The Jedi Order has long been an establishment of hypocrisy. It’s what led to its undoing across generations of its existence multiple times. Its hubris is what brings about the fall of Anakin Skywalker and its destruction in the Star Wars movies. One such hypocrisy? Those infamously loveless warrior monks sure did have a lot of sex.