Would a hyper advanced civilisation be bound by the laws of physics?: Physicist Michio Kaku ponders the question in one of our most popular features of 2007.
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SYDNEY: From hyper-advanced civilisations to the forensic analysis of gladiators, these are the in-depth Cosmos Online articles that had you most gripped in 2007.
STAR MAKERS
A hyper-advanced civilisation may command such unimaginable power that it can fashion worlds and consume whole suns. But it would still be bound by the laws of physics.
MYSTERY OF THE DYING BEES
Something mysterious is killing honey bees, and even as billions are dropping dead across North America, researchers are scrambling to find answers and save one of the most important crop pollinators on Earth.
2007 – YEAR OF THE ELECTRIC CAR
Breakthroughs in battery technology could make 2007 the year that electric cars finally come into their own.
WHAT GLADIATORS WERE REALLY LIKE
When you hear 'gladiator', what do you picture? A fat vegetarian with bad teeth, who never fought wearing strappy leather sandals? Well, that's what evidence from an ancient mass grave is telling us.
LIFE IN 2020
It may be only a short while away, but the world in 2020 will be very different. Cosmos asked some of the world's leading scientists to forecast the future.
ORGANIC FOOD EXPOSED
It’s a booming trend, driven by public perception that food produced minus pesticides and fertilisers is healthier and better for the planet. We examine the science to see if the evidence stacks up.
MARIJUANA: WHAT SCIENCE HAS TO SAY
It's a drug that divides people: some see it as unfairly demonised, others as a medical catastrophe in the making. But what does the science say?
ETERNAL FRONTIER
Going into space may be one of the best things we can do to save our world, and ourselves.
A FEW GOOD VIRUSES
Viruses generally get a bad rap, but in laboratories around the world, these miniscule hijackers are themselves being hijacked to treat some of humanity’s most feared diseases.
HUNT FOR THE GOD PARTICLE
Our understanding of the universe and its origins relies on the existence of an elementary particle no one has ever detected. Now a massive effort is under way to find the very elusive Higgs boson.
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