It was a big year for Cosmos, and a number of our stories broke records for our site. But what was the most clicked – and why?
In this episode of The Science Briefing, Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Ellen Phiddian about our most clicked on science stories for the year and what’s so special about this science that it attracted the most eyeballs.
Stories discussed in this article:
- Researchers puzzled by osteoarthritis anti-inflammatories
- Which dog breeds live the longest and are the best behaved?
- James Webb telescope: first images better than expected
- Ancient Mayan cities are heavily contaminated with mercury
- A huge satellite just launched – astronomers are worried
- Archaeologists declare consensus (note the publication date!)
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Originally published by Cosmos as The most clicked on science stories for 2022
Sophie Calabretto
Dr Sophie Calabretto is a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and Honorary Associate Professor, at the ACE Research Group, University of Leicester.
Ellen Phiddian
Ellen Phiddian is a science journalist at Cosmos. She has a BSc (Honours) in chemistry and science communication, and an MSc in science communication, both from the Australian National University.
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