MARS: THE NEXT GIANT LEAP
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NEXT STOP: MARS
What will it take to plant booted feet on Martian soil? And what will it take to keep them there indefinitely? Richard A. Lovett sets his sights on the Red Planet.
TURNING THE RED PLANET GREEN
Bringing life to a dead planet could be the ultimate engineering feat. Michael Dumiak looks at our first likely candidate: Mars.
CULINARY ALCHEMY
Science-savvy chefs are bringing a new standard of experimentation and precision into the kitchen. John Pickrell gets a taste of what this means for the future of food.
LESSONS OF THE ELDERS
Palaeoclimatologist, Joëlle Gergis, communes with the ancient kauri trees of New Zealand to see what they can teach us about Earth's climate in the distant past.
MUSICAL HALLUCINATIONS
Music can enchant or elate, but what if you couldn't switch it off; what if it were coming from within your head? Oliver Sacks looks at musical hallucinations in this extract from his latest book, Musicophilia.
A word from the editor.
Letters from Cosmos readers.
Cadence Minge, ovarian biologist.
The latest happenings in science.
Erica Harrison traces the strange journey of a fleet of rubber ducks.
Analysis: Drugs policy should be based on science, not ideology, says physician David Caldicott.
Gallery: The beasts that lurk beneath the waves.
First Person: Susan Solomon reflects on her role in healing the hole in the ozone layer.
Design: The farms of the future may be built smack bang in the middle of your local metropolis.
Body: U.S. scientists have ushered in a new arms race. Will advanced bionic arms achieve the goal of rehabilitation?
Diagnosis: Lyme disease
Society: Australian school students are incubating crocodile eggs, discovering new spider species and documenting quasars.
Biosphere: Why creating a more contagious form of avian influenza could save thousands of lives.
Menagerie: The Providence petrel
Terra: Archaeologists are rounding up clues as to when our Ancestors first tamed wild horses.
Retrospective: The campaign to eradicate polio has been the greatest public health project in human history.
Flashback: The iron lung
Numbers: If your favourite sports team loses several times in a row, does that mean they're 'due' for a win?
Method: Does philosophy have a role in science today? John Wilkins is positive it does.
"Pointing at the Moon" by Vylar Kaftan.
"Wormwords" by Matt Weber.
Reviews: A browse through the latest in science books and DVDs.
Opinion: Craig Savage on the economics of time travel.
