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news features opinion fiction reviews media room	Online news Monday, 22 March 2010 Solar storms create 'killer electrons' 'Killer electrons' - electrons circling Earth that wreck satellites and can cause cancer in astronauts - are created when Solar storms create shockwaves in the Earth's protective magnetic bubble, scientists said. read more Ancient rivers buried under outback desert An ancient river system buried 35 metres below the sand dunes of the Simpson Desert in Central Australia has been revealed by a team of Australian and American researchers. read more Other news 'Cool Jupiter' widens search for exoplanets Opium poppy's genes finally revealed Snakes 'see' with odd type of vision Brain scan reveals people's thoughts Longer 'sex life' expectancy for men Ancient DNA teased from fossil eggshells View all news COSMOS magazine: current issue On sale in newsstands now! COSMIC ROULETTE Was Charles Darwin the genius behind the great revolution in science, or did he merely state the obvious? Richard Conniff reads between the lines. Also in this issue: THE END OF EVOLUTION - The forces that drive evolution are disappearing, says Steve Jones, who argues that we are undergoing a 'grand averaging', totally new in history. Also in this issue: SNOWBALL EARTH - 800 million years ago, a climate lurch left Earth entombed in ice and almost devoid of life. But could it have been the catalyst for complex life? Subscribe now to Cosmos magazine! View the full contents Online features Wolfe Creek Crater by Alex Bevan and Ken McNamara \| Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a cosmic missile smashed into outback Australia, creating one of the largest meteorite craters on the planet. read more Talking squids in outer space by Jacqui Hayes \| Beyond the stereotypes and clichés is the rich, literary world of science fiction. read more Read more features Selected COSMOS magazine features Time Tunnel by Tom Woolrych \| Germany's Messel Pit has yielded thousands of exquisitely preserved fossils, including a perplexing early primate nicknamed Ida. read more Learning to forget by Emma Young \| Painful memories that cause distress could soon be a thing of the past. Recent studies suggest memories can be manipulated, edited - and even deleted. read more Read more features Fiction Autumn Leaves Falling The nurses were gorgeous. I had seen so many at other clinics, but the nurses here were special - long legs, dark, storm-tossed hair, confident smiles. read more Dark Matter One day, the star Alpha Centauri A went out. No bang, no nova, nothing. What's next? read more Read more fiction Reviews The Decisive Moment Whether you’re a pilot responsible for a split-second decision or merely shopping for a couch, how your brain makes up its mind is a fascinating process. read more Science and Islam The Dark Ages, a period lasting one thousand years in the Western world that was devoid of art, literature, science and technology, coincided with the ‘golden age’ of Muslim thought. read more Read more reviews	COSMOS newsletter! Sign up to the COSMOS newsletter Enter your email address Receive regular updates highlighting the latest in science from COSMOS. Unscientific poll Is it unethical to bring back species that humans drove to extinction?: Yes. Evolution has already filled the voids left by extinction. Maybe. It's so cruel to the individual animals involved in the process. No. We need to try to reinstate the natural habitat that we've wiped out.

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