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2009
DIGITAL ISSUES NOW AVAILABLE!
Issue 30 - CAN YOU CATCH A HEART ATTACK?
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Can you catch a heart attack? Or diabetes? Or even obesity? In this COSMOS medical special, find out how bacteria and viruses may be behind many diseases, why immunology needs an overhaul and what you can do about the allergy epidemic. Plus, follow researchers as they track down the cancer genome and meet the man who has saved millions. Also in this issue, discover why whales and dolphins beach and how small variations in supernovae hold the key to the fate of the universe.
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Issue 29 - MEMORY ENGINEERS
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Ever wish you could forget an embarrassing or painful memory? Soon you might be able to. Also in this issue: a 26-page Darwin Special, which traces all the latest insights in evolution: from genetics to the bizarre solutions for genitalia and sex. Plus, we look at the coming revolution electric cars will bring to every aspect of your life; we take a close-up look in stunning colour at the parasites living inside us; and we show you where comets really come from.
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Issue 28 - MASS DELUSIONS
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Are our brains wired for delusions? In a special 21-page report, COSMOS explores delusional behaviour, from the global financial crisis to alien abductions. We look at the strange phenomena of sleep paralysis and the placebo effect. Plus, find out why presidents fear NASA’s James Hansen; why gamma-ray bursts are the biggest bang since the big one; why New Zealand is a ticking bomb; and read the article that got Simon Singh sued by chiropractors.
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Issue 27 - ASTRONOMY SPECIAL
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Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with a free poster on the life and death of stars! Plus, bizarre planets made of pure diamond and solid iron; and a look deep inside the Sun. COSMOS also reveals new research on how a man’s wayward lifestyle can affect the future health of his children; why a carbon tax is better than an emissions trading scheme; and how scientists are battling to prevent the world’s wheat supply from collapsing under a disease they thought they’d already banished.
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Issue 26 - SPECIAL REPORT: THE SINGULARITY
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Are we on the verge of the biggest technological revolution ever? In a 30-page special report, COSMOS explores the radical concept of ‘the technological singularity’: how superintelligent computers could trigger massive changes in society and a global economy that doubles every few weeks. Plus, find out how exercise can slow ageing in your brain; where humans really came from; why antidepressants don’t work; and meet the Indiana Jones of conservation biology.
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Issue 25 - STONEHENGE - MYSTERY OF THE STONES
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It is one of the world’s best known ancient monuments, yet Stonehenge remains largely a riddle - but one that the first archaeological dig in 40 years sought to solve. Plus, read why astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes we need a new space race, how our major ailments - from hernias to hiccups – can be blamed on our evolution from fish, what Rodney Brooks - Australia's wild child of robotics - is doing next, and how parallel universes may be leaking into ours.
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