Y2Q: quantum computing and the end of internet security By Mark Pesce View Latest Issue Share Tweet From the editors By Cosmos The new Cosmos Weekly: bringing you the science behind the news, and more science in general. A mini Large Hadron Collider? By Jacinta Bowler Particle accelerators aren’t all gargantuan bits of kit: there’s a room-sized one in Melbourne. War crimes in space By Tory Shepherd As Earth’s orbit becomes the next area to colonise, countries around the world are racing to work out what protections need making, and who will oversee them. The road ahead for driverless cars in Australia By Lauren Fuge Seemingly only just over the horizon, autonomous vehicle trials in Australia seem stuck in first gear. What needs to happen to get them back on track? What’s the difference between climate and weather? By Linden Ashcroft If we’re to make the changes that are needed, we need to find ways to get everyone – not only the converted – talking about climate science. Best of the Rest Ingenuity rules (and flies) Cosmos Q&A: Predicting the next pandemic Indigenous stewardship linked to biodiversity Odd Jobs: Dr Dog Poo Previous Issues 24 - 30 Mar 2023 The true history of the chicken, Cybernetics – controlling information, Maori knowledge changing how New Zealand responds to disasters, lifeline for the grey nurse shark, and the Next Big Thing is communicating the next COVID wave. 17 - 23 Mar 2023 The golden age of paleo-tourism, detecting pesticide residues, phasing out native logging in Victoria, the ins and outs of amateur astronomy, and the Australian Conservation Foundation CEO’s Next Big Thing is the science of solutions. 10 - 16 Mar 2023 Blue Oval and out? The ups and downs of weather modification, combating crowns of thorns, getting to the bottom of the Top End’s buffalo problem, diverse DNA in Australia’s ecosystems. 03 - 09 Mar 2023 Sport selection, PFAS detection, medicinal cannabis, AI assistance, seed bank behind the scenes. 24 Feb - 02 Mar 2023 Undiscovered species in remote outback springs, kitchen engineering, escaping a cult to pursue science, stopping seafood fraud, making carbon capture and storage feasible, and Lismore prepares for higher floods. 17 - 23 Feb 2023 Fixing the ozone layer, ‘reef-safe’ sunscreens, maternal care in the pandemic, Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus) trees, farmers and solar. 10 - 16 Feb 2023 Restoring degraded marine environments, taking control of AI generated art, space helicopters, hope for more opportunities for the Wajarri people, and Martyn Myer’s Next Big Thing is commercialising medical science. 03 - 09 Feb 2023 The ethics of moon mining, Australia’s lunar hurdles, avoid asthma amid smoke storms, drones at sea, bringing Aboriginal land management and science together. 27 Jan - 02 Feb 2023 Powerful owls, cane toads, the Next Big Thing in T-Cells, ADHD clinical guidelines, super soldiers with drugs. 20 - 26 Jan 2023 Deleting C02 from the air, the ‘matter’ of dark matter, the importance of a good health database, two sides to Antarctic climate change, Music of the spheres. 13 - 19 Jan 2023 The living coral biobank, CleanAir in schools, the Next Big Thing at the nanoscale, aucoustic engineers and health, space infrastructure safety. 06 - 12 Jan 2023 New Australian sun safety guidelines needed, thermal ‘muffins’ store energy, new ways to survive the heat, Australia isn’t funding the meningococcal B vaccine for all children, and oyster reef coastline restoration. All Weekly Issues
