The world's largest coral - Science and brainteaser with Dr Jonathan Webb

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A team of scientists working for National Geographic this week announced that they've discovered the biggest individual coral in the world, in the waters off the Solomon Islands.

So, is it a single organism?

Guest: Dr Jonathan Webb, ABC Science Editor

Brainteaser (answer in the audio):If a hen-and-a-half lay an egg-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half,

how many eggs do half-a-dozen hens lay in half-a-dozen days? For more of the latest science news, look for the science section on the ABC News website and sign up to a weekly email newsletter.