Australian Science Illustrated — Issue 54 2017

CONTENTS

SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN EDITION

PUBLISHED 12TH OCTOBER 2017

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THE FORGOTTEN THREAT OF SMOG

Global warming is bad, but at least it isn’t

dirty. Smog creates filth, it clogs your lungs,

and it kills. So why don’t we talk about it?

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DOCTOR SAYS TO FEED YOUR HEAD

Could psychoactive party drugs like ecstacy,

and hallucinogens like LSD, be harnessed

safely to relieve mental illness?

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SOLAR SYSTEM 2.

Seven worlds crowded around

a dim red star. Yet according to

cosmologists, this place could

almost be just like home.

COVER

STORY

ISSUE # 54

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