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 Cosmos Online Bushfires: Spot by satellite, warn by phoneCombining satellite data with mobile phones offers a cheap and effective tool for managing fires.  New hope for world's weirdest flowerDeep in the Southeast Asian jungle blooms the world's biggest single flower; a massive fleshy orb which has evolved to attract insects by mimicking rotting meat.  Happy 40th birthday, Internet!In 1969 a UCLA team sent the first message over ARPANET, the computer network that later became known as the Internet. Since then it has fundamentally changed humanity.  Orangutans struggle as palm oil boomsWildlife corridors are desperately needed to link up hundreds of patches of habitat increasingly fragmented by palm oil plantations.  Oil or orangutans?Illegal logging and palm oil plantations are destroying the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. We all have a part to play in resolving this, says Louise Boronyak.  Why high-speed trains are vital for AustraliaA zero-emissions, high-speed train network linking Australian cities, would be visionary, nation building and go a long way to stemming our greenhouse gas emissions.  Enough climate science, now for the politicsScience can prove global climate change is happening, but it won't tell us what to do about it, says professor of climate change, Mike Hulme.  The red meat footprintOur diets revolve around meat. But rumours abound that being vegetarian is better for the environment. Could there be some truth to it? We investigate the evidence.  It's a wrap for Hello From Earth25,880 messages were collected by the project from places as far flung as the Vatican City, Afghanistan and Antarctica. NASA beamed them towards Gliese 581d at noon today.  Stone Age instincts, modern emergencyCould it be that our genes and evolutionary heritage are responsible for our failure to tackle climate change?  Wake-up call for scienceIs science inherently illogical, because it relies in part on assumed theories that reach beyond what we can ever observe?  Apollo led to cosmic shift in human conditionOne of the many legacies of the Apollo program was the way it caused an extraordinary, enduring – and, for some, troubling – change in how we perceived the universe and our place in it.  Space Week: Did 1969 mark the end of the dream?If visions conjured by the first lunar landing were to be believed, by the 21st century we would be colonising the Moon, honeymooning on Mars and scouting the moons of Jupiter.  Space Week: Why the Moon rocksWhat we’ve learned from the Moon landings over the past 40 years has given scientists good reasons to return to our nearest heavenly body.  Space Week: Mandate of heavenAstronomy and space exploration has made a critical contribution to society, not just in accelerating technology, but in giving us important clues to problems on Earth. 
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