Kangaroo meat: much better for environment- August 11, 2008 Skippy could be increasingly on the menu following a new report that expanding the kangaroo industry would significantly cut Australian greenhouse gases.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2129/kangaroo-meat-much-better-environment Invisibility cloak now within sight- August 10, 2008 The age-old fantasy of rendering objects invisible took a sharp step toward reality Sunday when scientists said they had created a material that can bend visible light in three dimensions.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2128/invisibility-cloak-now-within-sight Sensory cross-wiring causes people to 'hear' movement- August 8, 2008 Cross-wiring in their brains causes some people with synaesthesia to perceive numbers or letters as having colours. Now researchers have discovered synaesthetes who perceive movements as sounds, such as tapping, beeping or whirring.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2127/sensory-cross-wiring-cause-people-hear-movement Deep mystery: why turtles plumb the depths- August 8, 2008 Biologists have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2125/deep-mystery-why-turtles-plumb-depths Large Hadron Collider to start within weeks- August 8, 2008 European particle physics laboratory CERN says it will fire up the massive particle accelerator on 10 September, hoping that it could throw light on the origins of the universe.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2124/large-hadron-collider-start-within-weeks Cosmic roulette- August 8, 2008 As physicists around the world are staking the lot on the Large Hadron Collider, we review the odds of success.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/2123/cosmic-roulette Circumcision is even more effective against HIV- August 8, 2008 Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against HIV than thought, according to two studies presented at a major AIDS conference.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2126/circumcision-reduces-hiv-risk-60 Should we add limestone to the oceans to react with and lock away greenhouse gases- August 7, 2008 Yes There&039;s too much carbon dioxide in the air already and we can&039;t afford to wait. Maybe There may be risks, but it&039;s worth a try. No We need to concentrate on cutting emissions, not finding risky engineering solutions.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/polls/2122/should-we-add-limestone-oceans-react-with-and-loc... Australian trees have secret stash of carbon- August 7, 2008 Australia's native forests may be storing three times more carbon than previously thought, a new report says.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2121/australian-trees-have-secret-stash-carbon Supervoids and clusters reveal dark energy- August 7, 2008 Astronomers say they have detected the clearest evidence yet for the mysterious dark energy that stretches and flattens out the universe.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2120/supervoids-and-superclusters-reveal-dark-energy |