25 - 31 Mar 2022

Australia’s looming home insurance crisis; conserving Antarctica; the evolutionary hybrid of polar bears and brown bears; can LiDAR make autonomous cars safer? Torres Strait: the seagrass capital of the world

What can Aus learn from the UK energy crisis? Can selective breeding lower methane emissions? How to collect freshwater from the air? Who are we online and why does it matter? Non invasive treatment for glaucoma has arrived but when will it come to Australia?

Fashion psychology; recognising aliens; Digital Twinning; outfoxing foxes; virtual reality in aged care.

Replacement theory; recycling solar panels; fast fashion; including tech in land restoration projects; and GPS data to tailor AFL training sessions.

Lessons learned outside the classroom; new ways to think about neurology; can Qantas long haul flights go the distance? Online platforms lack diversity; there’s mushroom in the mental-health market for a psychedelic start-up.

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.