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 Cosmos Online Space Week: Deciphering Apollo's footageAs the Apollo project took off, Tony Klein, a University of Melbourne physicist, was thrown into the spotlight to provide commentary for huge TV audiences. Forty years later, he recounts his experience.  Crocodile's diet may be key to survivalCrocodiles may have survived millenia, but they're facing threats from climate change to cane toads. A thorough understanding of their diet may be necessary to help them survive.  Future shockOn a clear and warm night years ago, looking up at the beauty of a full Moon rising, my grandmother confided in me: “You know, they didn’t really go to the Moon.”  Mystery of missing sunspots solvedThe Sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for several years. Now, solar physicists think they understand why.  Terminator Salvation: should we fear self-aware machines?The new instalment of the Terminator series continues the battle between humans and Skynet, the global computer network with its increasingly sophisticated fleet of terminators.  Preparing for doomsdayClimate change, resurgent diseases and a growing population are all having an impact on global food security. It's an important nut to crack – and part of the solution is a vast library of seeds.  Nuclear power on the MoonWhen NASA astronauts set up the first manned outpost on the Moon, they may well pack a kilogram of uranium to take along with them.  Swine flu: so far, so goodThe prospects of a severe global swine flu pandemic appear to be diminishing. Informed reporting can take some of the credit.  The Hubble telescope: a time machine that revolutionised astronomyThe Hubble Space Telescope, the object of NASA's fifth and final servicing mission this week, has revolutionised our view and understanding of the universe.  The era of complex scienceIn many fields, senior researchers have entered a new era, at last accessing the underlying complexity of the systems they study. This is both gratifying and extremely challenging.  A brief guide to cosmologyConfused by inflation and the CMB? Perplexed by dark energy and dark matter? Want to know what happened after the Big Bang? Then read on to learn how it all fits together.  Swine flu: the factsIt's spreading fast and experts think it could cause the biggest influenza pandemic since 1968. But what exactly is swine flu, where did it come from and why should we be worried?  Tireless female Nobel laureate turns 100She was oppressed by Mussolini’s regime, but later went on to make major discoveries. Italian senator and scientist, Rita Levi-Montalcini, is now the world's oldest living Nobel laureate.  Grisly sights await visitors to museum of human diseaseSydney's Museum of Human Disease has opened its doors to the public, allowing visitors to view a Pandora's box of plague, pestilence and disease in graphic detail.  Deep calm: why is the Sun so quiet?The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. 
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