2020-03-01_Cosmos_Magazine

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9 771832 522008 AU $15.00 NZ $16. 86 THE SCIENCE OF EVERYTHING HUBBLE TROUBLE • CLOUDY DELIGHTS • PUZZLES • WHAT EYES SEE Issue ...

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OLASER / GETTY IMAGES Reef sails for storm! Miniaturised by an advancing supercell storm and its menacing shelf cloud, a sailing ...

4 – COSMOS Issue 86 30 WINGED WATCHMEN JAMES URQUHARTinvestigates a novel way to catch illegal fishers that combines technology ...

70 INSIDE BIOLOGY’S BLACK BOX Research doesn’t get more cutting-edge or controversial than bioengineering and human embryos.PAUL ...

It’s important to pick a shady spot from which to capture the perfect shot, as shown by editor Ian Connellan, who went butterfly ...

THE SEASON’S CHALLENGES have seen us constantly reflecting on – and immensely grateful for – the role of science and technology ...

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Issue 86 COSMOS – 9 BIOLOGY SCIENCE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED DIGEST How and why butterflies keep their wings cool Butterflies regul ...

PALAEONTOLOGY Java man not so old after all erectus at Sangiran, ranging from 1.3 to 0.6 million years old. To figure out whethe ...

Koalas reallyarebuilt for life in the treetops. Australia’s cuddly koala seems to have evolved tree clambering abilities that ri ...

DIGEST TOM BJÖRKLUND; Slime mould Lola found in ancient chewing gum Genetics researchers sequence DNA from birch pitch. This is ...

DIGEST In the Paris Zoo, near lions, tigers and bears, lies an organism that precedes humans on Earth by some 500 million years. ...

BIOLOGY they say, an apple held in your hand exerts about one Newton of force on your palm due to gravity. Slow-motion video rev ...

01 0 What causes that “deer-in-the-headlights” reflex, where people freeze momentarily in response to a potential threat? If we’ ...

GETTY IMAGES DIGEST 16 – COSMOS Issue 86 Life clock ticking Study suggests genetics can predict a species’ maximum lifespan. Res ...

SCHAAK LABORATORY; PENN STATE Creating it took no more than the basic principles of chemistry, researchers say. US researchers h ...

O f the 49 new Australian species published between 1 December and early February, a new type of gall fly sounds like a candidat ...

Subsurface ocean composition hints at habitable conditions. US researchers say a new geochemical model reveals that carbon dioxi ...