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G Magazine, October 2008 issue

Steps on the green scale

18 September 2008

Attacks on the environmental credentials of corporations may be hindering rather than fostering change, writes Paul McIntyre.


 Kylie Ahern, Luna Media CEO and Publisher of COSMOS

City’s best businesses recognised

29 August 2008

PYRMONT’S Doltone House was a buzz with excited winners of the City of Sydney’s Business Awards last night, with IT company Atlassian taking out the top gong.


Atlassian, 2008 Business of the Year

Best in the business rewarded

28 August 2008

Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP last night announced Atlassian is the winner of the Business of the Year in this year's City of Sydney Business Awards.


Wilson da Silva in The Canberra Times

Final frontier ... future boom

20 August 2008

IN THE not-too-distant future you could fly from Sydney to London and the trip would take three hours about the length of a decent in-flight movie or the time taken to check-in. Add a few more years and you could honeymoon in hotels in zero-gravity or take a holiday to the moon


Space tourism to pay technology dividends

16 August 2008

One of the first Australian space tourists in waiting says humanity is about to enter a “golden age” of sub-orbital travel, which could lead to innovations for space-based habitats and power stations.


Boonsri Dickinson

Fellowship Down Under turns researcher into writer

21 July 2007

The choice between putting on a hardhat or goggles and a lab coat can be grueling. Like other engineers, Boonsri Dickinson had to decide whether to work in industry or go to graduate school after she received her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Florida in 2005.


Five minutes with the new Chancellor

Five minutes with the new Chancellor

23 June 2007

An interview published in Monash Magazine with Dr Alan Finkel, newly appointed chancellor of Monash University and a co-founder of COSMOS.


Science journalism is booming

Science journalism is booming

23 June 2007

A report on the general assembly of the World Federation of Science Journalists, presided by COSMOS editor-in-chief Wilson da Silva, where its success was celebrated.


Sport star approach to boost sciences

Sport star approach to boost sciences

7 June 2007

A news story in The Australian newspaper on a roundtable established by the state government of Vioctoria on boosting science and maths education.


Bright sparks learn on $2 million mobile lab

Bright sparks learn on $2 million mobile lab

26 April 2007

A story by the University of Queensland newssite on the Australian Course in Advanced Neuroscience, one of the philanthropic initiatives of Drs Alan and Elizabeth Finkel, co-founders of COSMOS.


TWO OF US: Dr Alan Finkel and Wilson da Silva

TWO OF US: Dr Alan Finkel and Wilson da Silva

26 April 2007

A profile of COSMOS founding editor Wilson da Silva and co-founder Dr Alan Finkel, published in GoodWeekend, the magazine of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.


Groundbreaking university head with stars in his eyes

Groundbreaking university head with stars in his eyes

20 April 2007

A newspaper report in The Age on the appointment of COSMOS co-founder Alan Finkel as the new chancellor of Melbourne's Monash University.


Jewish ‘space cadet’ for Monash chancellery

Jewish ‘space cadet’ for Monash chancellery

19 April 2007

A newspaper report in Australian Jewish News on the appointment of COSMOS co-founder Alan Finkel as the new chancellor of Melbourne's Monash University.


Tapping into green mainstream

Tapping into green mainstream

18 January 2007

He rides an electric scooter and has booked a seat on a 2009 galactic flight: Alan Finkel tells Peter Wilmoth of The Sunday Age about his interest in 'reducing our footprint' on the planet.


Former ANU researcher pays visit to a facility named in his honour

Former ANU researcher pays visit to a facility named in his honour

17 January 2007

A story about the philantrhopic work of COSMOS founders Drs Alan and Elizabeth Finkel, who visited a lecture theatre at the Australian National University named after them.