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 Society & Culture U.N. finally draws link between population bomb and climate changeThursday, 19 November 2009
Slowing population growth would help battle global warming, says an unprecedented report that links demographic pressure and climate change.  COSMOS wins Magazine of the YearWednesday, 18 November 2009
COSMOS scooped the top honours at Australia's annual Bell Awards for publishing excellence, taking out the coveted Magazine of the Year trophy.  Denmark seeks climate breakthrough as clock ticks to showdownTuesday, 17 November 2009
Environment ministers from 42 key nations in the game of climate poker are meeting this week in a bid to avoid a finger-pointing fiasco at next month's U.N. conference on global warming.  'Crikey steveirwini' is new species of snailMonday, 16 November 2009
An Australian scientist has paid an unusual tribute to late naturalist and TV personality Steve Irwin by naming a rare species of snail Crikey steveirwini.  Please vote for COSMOS in the Earth Journalism Awards!Thursday, 12 November 2009
COSMOS is one of 15 winners in the Earth Journalism Awards, which are linked to the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. Help us win another award by voting here.  NASA debunks 2012 apocalypse mythsThursday, 12 November 2009
The world is not coming to an end in 2012, NASA insists in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumours fuelled by the Internet and a new blockbuster movie.  Tiny mutation led to human speechThursday, 12 November 2009
Two minute changes in a gene that is otherwise identical in humans and chimps could explain why we have the power of speech while other primates do not.  Kilimanjaro snow may vanish in 20 yearsTuesday, 3 November 2009
The snows capping Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, are shrinking rapidly and will likely vanish altogether in 20 years, most likely due to global warming.  New probe to help predict extreme weatherTuesday, 3 November 2009
A water tracking satellite launched by the European Space Agency is designed to help give faster predictions of floods and other extreme weather incidents caused by climate change.  Wireless tech wins Prime Minister's PrizeWednesday, 28 October 2009
Thirty years after creating the technology that led to the wireless network, a CSIRO engineer has been rewarded for the discovery with the 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Science.  Profile: Amanda BarnardWednesday, 28 October 2009
Amanda Barnard, winner of the 2009 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, has brought forth new ways of looking at nanotechnology.  Profile: John O’SullivanWednesday, 28 October 2009
John O’Sullivan received the 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for his part in creating of a luxury we are all familiar with: wireless internet access.  Profile: Michael CowleyWednesday, 28 October 2009
Why does our brain not regulate or suppress obesity and hypertension? - and what's the link with diabetes? These are some of the questions that earned Michael Cowley the 2009 Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.  Darwin's contribution to geology overlookedTuesday, 20 October 2009
Darwin was more than a biologist; he was first, and foremost, a geologist, say researchers who presented talks at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting.  Greek maths comic is surprise bestsellerTuesday, 13 October 2009
Mathematics theory hardly sounds like comic book material, but a pioneering Greek graphic novel on maths in early 20th century Europe has become an unlikely hit. 
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