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U.N. finally draws link between population bomb and climate change

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Slowing population growth would help battle global warming, says an unprecedented report that links demographic pressure and climate change.


Issue 29 of COSMOS magazine

COSMOS wins Magazine of the Year

Wednesday, 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.


Dark clouds

Denmark seeks climate breakthrough as clock ticks to showdown

Tuesday, 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.


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'Crikey steveirwini' is new species of snail

Monday, 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.


Earth Journalism Awards

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.


2012

NASA debunks 2012 apocalypse myths

Thursday, 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.


Speech

Tiny mutation led to human speech

Thursday, 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.


Remnants of ice on Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro snow may vanish in 20 years

Tuesday, 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.


Artist's impression of SMOS

New probe to help predict extreme weather

Tuesday, 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.


John O'Sullivan

Wireless tech wins Prime Minister's Prize

Wednesday, 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.


Amanda Barnard

Profile: Amanda Barnard

Wednesday, 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.


John O’Sullivan

Profile: John O’Sullivan

Wednesday, 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.


Michael Cowley

Profile: Michael Cowley

Wednesday, 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

Darwin's contribution to geology overlooked

Tuesday, 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.


Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth

Greek maths comic is surprise bestseller

Tuesday, 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.