LAST CHANCE TO SEE!
As climate change sets in, some of the wonders of the world may not wait around for you to experience them. Mighty glaciers will shrivel and melt, ancient cities will sink beneath the waves, and rising sea temperatures may devastate the Great Barrier Reef. David Salt makes a whirlwind tour of the top 10 places you need to visit - before they disappear. In this travel issue of Cosmos, we highlight the best places Earth has to offer. From the long-hidden treasures of Angkor, Cambodia, to a kingdom ruled by birds in the remote South Pacific, our writers transport you to the wonders of our world. |
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CHILDREN OF APOLLO
A new breed of entrepreneur, inspired as children by the Moon missions of the 1960s, are bringing business smarts to the next frontier. Wilson da Silva reports.
KINGDOM OF THE BIRDS
Amongst the remote islands of the Indian Ocean lies one of the world's last wildlife refuges, where birds dominate land and sky and Erica Harrison is one of the only humans around.
DIGGING DEEP
Deep beneath the ground, in the bowels of Africa, men from diverse cultures and many tongues toil in the heat to extract a fever-inducing bounty: gold. Dan Drollette goes underground.
ELECTRIC DREAMS
Many devices could be smaller, smarter and more portable - if they weren't being held back by a technology that's hardly changed for more than 150 years. But now the battery's time has come, says Bob Johnstone.
THE FISHER KING
His life has been an odyssey: kidnapped as child, he sailed the world's oceans and developed powerful theories about the world's fisheries. Peter Calamai meets the formidable Daniel Pauly.
Drama, mystique, mistaken identity: not what you might expect from mouse colons or carrot seeds. Nikon's "Small World" photo contest explores the world of the minute.
It took years of trial and error before the bionic ear enabled a deaf person to recognise speech for the first time. Graeme Clark tells the tale.
Scientists and artists have a lot in common: both want to look at the world in new ways, and both rely on creativity. Kate Holdsworth reports.
When was the last time you flossed? Karen McGhee reports on the new evidence linking bad dental hygiene with heart disease.
According to Michael Dumiak, one day we won't need to type instructions into a computer - we'll simply think about it and the machines will respond.
The Internet is booming yet the number of available addresses is dropping off fast. Tim Dean examines the struggle between the USA and China to be the first to find more.
From the depths of the Black Lagoon a creature emerged; Carole Moore tells the story of a little oyster that made black waters run clear.
From the depths of a murky pit emerges sparkling wealth. The treasures are not just beautiful relics of a lost civilisation, they are a clue to the origins of those long-vanished people. Travel back in time with Veronika Meduna.
The asteroid Apophis seems set to get too close for comfort in 2036. Robin McKie interviews the scientists ready to blast it out of the way.
A group of intrepid oceanographers discovers that beneath the North Atlantic lies an undersea community that science forgot - the cold-water coral forests of the offshore seamounts. Mary Grady hitches a ride.
Reality is open to interpretation, but according to Cosmos co-founder Alan Finkel you have to think critically when considering all the possibilities.
Letters, competitions and titbits
Roslyn Malley, medical researcher
Short bits for a fast read
Invasion of the PDAs
Can't place the face? Rob Moodie explores prosopagnosia- a rare genetic condition that makes people 'face blind'.
Liz Martin imagines what it would be like if all possible quantum realities got jumbled together. In another story, Christopher K. Miller takes human beings to Ganymede - while their bodies remain on Earth.
Reviews of books and DVDs
Without genetically-modified crops, we risk running out of arable land, says Martina Newell-McGloughlin.
