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‘A whirlwind tour through the history and the future of AI – and why it matters to all of us. A must-read.’ Sebastian Thrun, CEO ...

T he politicisation of atmospheric science over the last decade or so has somehow led to “climate change” being boiled (heh) dow ...

CONTENTS SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN EDITION PUBLISHED 12TH OCTOBER 2017 36 THE FORGOTTEN THREAT OF SMOG Global warming is ba ...

REGULARS AND OTHER FEATURES 6 MEGAPIXEL It’s all about the walrus mass 10 SCIENCE UPDATE Learn and become learned 18 ASK US How ...

The human brain has so many links between cells, they cannot possibly be displayed in one image. Yet two scientists have given i ...

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scienceillustrated.com.au | 9 Seen from above, a group of walruses is an inchoate mass of blubber and tusks. Walruses are social ...

NEW GLASS FROG DISPLAYS ITS HEART Scientists have found a new species of glass frog, which lives in Central and South America. T ...

MEDICINE Umbilical cord blood can improve the memories of elderly people. According to an experiment published in the Nature jou ...

LOCAL FOCAL POINT – Planet hunter coming up USA Mississippi 12 | SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED T. REX ANT COLONY FOUND IN SINGAPORE After ...

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Mouse sperm sent into space After nine months in space, mouse sperm fathered these healthy mouse pups, with no problems (yet). A ...

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SHOOTING STAR – The Crab Nebula 500 m is the height of a wind turbine that 6 institutions aim to build, i.e. higher than the Em ...

DRAGONFLY PLAYS POSSUM TO AVOID SEX When a female dragonfly carries sperm from one male, the insect is no longer interested in m ...

The Sun emits light and heat, because atomic nuclei fuse in its interior. The surplus energy from the process is emitted as ligh ...

Editor: Morten Kjerside Poulsen scienceillustrated.com.au | 19 1 2 3 4 5 ELEPHANT SEAL 2 hours Carbon monoxide in its blood may ...

20 | SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED ASK US KERATIN PLATES CALCIUM-RICH FIBRES SPONGE CAVITIES The Chernobyl power plant’s reactor 4 will be ...