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 Cosmos MagazineChildren of ApolloInspired as children by the Moon missions, a new breed of entrepreneur is bringing the dreams of youth and business smarts to the next frontier.  Was Einstein a fake?There's nothing quite like Einstein and his theories of relativity to bring out the doubters, the cranks and the outright crackpots. Do they have a point? Was Einstein a fake?  Hunt for the God particleOur understanding of the universe and its origins relies on the existence of an elementary particle no one has ever detected. Now a massive effort is under way to find the very elusive Higgs boson.  Silent numbersWe need a new way of measuring a nation's progress - GDP just doesn't cut it, argues Peter Cosier, a director of the Australia's Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.  The water crisisWith a growing population and a drying climate, Australia – like many rich nations – is running out of water. Solutions are not easy nor cheap ... and may require cities to tap their sewers.  A star is burstA rare spectacular moment is sometimes millions of years in the making - such as the cataclysmic death of a massive star.  Stop the clockFor many women, it is a race against time to have a family before menopause sets in. But a new discovery in mice could one day stop the biological clock.  Write and wrongComputers may make our lives easier and boost economic productivity, but their impact on the beauty of the written word has been negative.  Worms of endearmentThere's an allergy epidemic sweeping the Western world. Could eating worms save us?  Save the whalingWhaling can be done just as sustainably as other forms of marine harvesting - if we remove our cultural blinkers.  Tyrannosaurus sexThey dominated the Earth for 150 million years, but we know little about how they reproduced. Now, a band of brave scientists is trying to find out.  End of an eraGlobal demand for oil will one day overtake our ability to produce it cheaply, and prices will skyrocket as half the world's easily extractable oil is gone. But when? A growing number think soon - if it hasn't already happened.  Distant worldsThey are distant, cold and mysterious - and likely to help explain how planets formed and even how life arose. But are they planets?  Space Week: Satellite of solitudeOnly a dozen men have walked the airless, forbidding surface of our Moon. One day, others will too - but until then, only those 12 can ever know what it is like … and Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot on the very first mission.  Meeting the ancestorsIn the wet, inhospitable jungles of Irian Jaya, a hunting expedition revealed more than just something to eat: a new species of ground-dwelling tree-kangaroo emerged from the mist. 
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