The technology of athletics tracks- August 15, 2008 Though the high-tech swimsuits being used in the 2008 Beijing Olympics are getting most of the press, research shows that applying advanced technology to running tracks might help break records too.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/2139/the-technology-athletics-tracks Would you eat more kangaroo meat to protect the environment- August 14, 2008 Yes - Australian agriculture should be more tailored to the environment. Maybe - I&039;ll eat it some of the time. No I couldn&039;t eat skippy!http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/polls/2138/would-you-eat-more-kangaroo-meat-protect-environm... Simple rules smooth traffic on ant highways- August 14, 2008 Biologists are learning that ants have an increasingly large number of inbuilt rules which govern their behaviour on foraging trails, and which could offer clues to better control human crowds.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2137/simple-rules-smooth-traffic-ant-highways Birth control pills can make you pick the wrong lover- August 13, 2008 Oral contraceptive pills may adversely affect a woman's choice of partner, says a new British study.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2136/birth-control-pills-make-you-pick-wrong-lover Seals offer glimpse under Antarctic ice- August 13, 2008 Huge elephant seals have been recruited to help Australian scientists break through a critical blind spot and chart climate change under the Antarctic sea ice in winter.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2134/seals-offer-glimpse-under-antarctic-ice Running slows aging process- August 12, 2008 Running can slow the aging process, according to an American study of 538 people conducted over two decades.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2135/running-slows-aging-process Tasmanian fossils finger humans in extinction whodunit- August 12, 2008 The fossilised teeth of a giant kangaroo from Tasmania may confirm once and for all that humans, and not climate change, pushed Australia's large prehistoric marsupials to extinction.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2133/tasmanian-fossils-finger-humans-extinction-whoduni... Quantum atoms "dance to chaos"- August 12, 2008 Chaotic behaviour has been observed for the first time in a quantum system of 'frozen' atoms. This an important step in applying classical physical laws to weird quantum systems and could have spin-off benefits for technology.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2132/quantum-atoms-dance-chaos China's Olympian efforts to tackle pollution- August 12, 2008 As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games get underway, an expensive environmental experiment is taking place, providing a golden opportunity for pollution science.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/2131/chinas-olympian-efforts-tackle-air-poll... Fry me kangaroo down- August 11, 2008 Kangaroo is the perfect meat for environmentally aware Australian carnivores.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/2130/fry-me-kangaroo-down |