Australian_Science_Illustrated_Issue_52_2017

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MEGAPIXEL

Artificial suns and groundscrapers

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SCIENCE UPDATE

Aussie robots mine the ocean depths!

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ASK US

Did this condor pick a fight with a

Boeing 747, 10 kilometres above the

ground? More importantly: did it win?

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HOME CHEMISTRY

How to test the Leidenfrost Effect

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TRIVIA

Now with more orangutan objections!

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BIODIVERSITY

Who else forgot about the bandicoot?

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FUTURE SUPER SHIPS

Next-generation cargo haulers will be

bigger than ever. So big, they might not

even fit in our ports. What do we do?

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ALL EYES ON A BIZARRE STAR

There’s a star, out there in space, that keeps

changing its light output in a very weird way.

And scientists want to know why.

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LONDON’S DEADLY FOG

Back in 1952, CO 2 was the least of London’s
worries. Weather plus pollution combined to
create a fog... a fog that could kill.

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YOUR SECRET SENSES

Think you have only five main senses? Research

points to at least seven more. And the latest

gives us something in common with doves...

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