07 - 13 Jan 2022

When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted on January 15 2022 it affected the world. To what extent? We are still learning.

Women who play sport don’t care who they play as much as some people think they do.

When it comes to elephants in the room, the sun’s a doozy. It’s enormous; it’s immensely powerful – but we know next to nothing about it. And the best science has to offer hasn’t even scratched the surface.

Celebratory double: Cosmos Weekly’s first anniversary, and the launch of our podcasting science explainers on the LiSTNR platform.

Celebratory double: Cosmos Weekly’s first anniversary, and the launch of our podcasting science explainers on the LiSTNR platform.

The IPCC report released this week signals hope, but it comes with a fair few ‘ifs’. One of them is about the success of carbon drawdown.

There’s more than meets the eye in trying to get people to reduce their resource use – and it’s all in the numbers.

How can science help sustainable flood recovery?

Our national leaders have signalled the importance of mining and refining critical minerals in Australia. What are these resources, and what’s at stake?

Detecting and mapping earthquakes; open-source intelligence; watching the wedge-tailed eagle; living simulations; how to make an IPCC report.

COVID-19 vaccine rights; de-extincting the Tassie tiger; disinformation inoculation; finding the origins of life on Earth; fixing fruit flies.