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Andrew Masterson is former editor of Cosmos.

Cosmos Magazine

Cosmos is a quarterly science magazine. We aim to inspire curiosity in ‘The Science of Everything’ and make the world of science accessible to everyone.


At Cosmos, we deliver the latest in science with beautiful pictures, clear explanations of the latest discoveries and breakthroughs and great writing.


Winner of 47 awards for high-quality journalism and design, Cosmos is a print magazine, online digital edition updated daily, a daily and weekly e-Newsletter and educational resource with custom, curriculum-mapped lessons for years 7 to 10.


Science News

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"Vaccines" to protect neural networks against hacking
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Three-toed skink amazingly produces both eggs and live young
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Baby coral on the Great Barrier Reef has reduced by almost 90%
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Liking death metal doesn’t make you a violent person
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Newly found Aussie dinosaur confirms diversity in ancient rift valley
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Rediscovered: the biggest bee in the world
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Sea temperature drives fish evolution
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Seaweed prospers with a little kelp from its friends
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Blood pressure, vampire bats and drug traffickers
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Good corporate behaviour boosts sales
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This painting of an animal may be the world's oldest
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558-million-year-old fossil is oldest animal on Earth
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Cane toad genome offers hope for eventual control
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Is this the world’s oldest drawing?
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The mathematics of mass extinction
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The mathematics of malaria
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Cities drive natural selection
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Researchers find the lost harbour of Pisa
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The curious case of the buried whetstones
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Two-qubit chip draws quantum computing closer
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The Spear Project aims to add to our understanding of Bronze Age life
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Autonomous vehicle tech will fail without strong regulation, researchers say
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Spiders fly using electricity, not wind
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Bees prefer inner-city living
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The nose knows: kangaroo face shape dictated by diet
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Warming climate ups risk of global maize shortage
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Zero sums: bees recognise nothing
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How did agriculture really get started?
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US gives the nod to Golden Rice
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Evolutionary principles govern city growth
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Bumblebees' confusion over iridescence hints at camouflage strategies
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Magpies disregard aircraft danger on runways
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Rising carbon dioxide will leach nutrients from rice
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Hippos leave fish in deep do-do
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Sir Mark Oliphant warned the British of US atomic secrecy plans
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Baleen whales didn’t always have baleen
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It’s official: gamers are truly random
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Data gaps mean nano-agriculture benefits remain unclear
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Marsupial species eats spiders to stop spiders eating insects
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Cereal crops have a secret weapon against drought
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Cane toads don’t give a damn about the weather
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Fluid dynamics offers clue to cryptocurrencies
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Food poisoning protection method doesn’t work, research shows
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Australian scientists lead quest for sustainable oil spill tech
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Physics explains the mysteries of Guinness
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Friendly bacteria help lead ants down the garden path
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Happy chickens like one shade of grey
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Fishing more environmentally friendly than farming
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Generating power from light and shadow
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Sunscreen designed to keep Great Barrier Reef cool
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The rising problem of doping in eSports
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More of the massive Totten Glacier is floating than thought, increasing sea level threat
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Whipworms hijack host guts to keep numbers low
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Rivers clogged with micro-plastics – until the floods come
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Nanotech fertilisers set to shake up farming
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Protein cuts water loss in plants
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Extremophile survival secret could hold clues for disease treatments
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Lack of oxygen brings pore outcome for grapes
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Microbes in cows' stomachs may hold keys to biofuel production
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Fracking does cause earthquakes – but you can avoid them
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The caterpillar that learnt to whistle
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Marine ecosystems could counteract some adverse effects of climate change
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Bats are host to many deadly viruses – so how come they don't get sick?
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When it comes to survival, having the right roots is critical
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Jellyfish crisps could revolutionise the food industry
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Russian connection sheds light on the mystery of the Ediacaran fossils
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Lasers search for cyanide in food plants
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Space

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Bizarre black hole shoots plasma every which way
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Massive meteorite craters found in Western Australia and Central America
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Young stars push back to keep the universe ‘vibrant’
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Astronomers find massive “ghost galaxy” near the Milky Way
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Stand down. Binary star system is not about to explode
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Cosmic monster churns out new stars
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The Earth’s magnetic field is not about to flip
2 minutes

The Body

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The eyes don’t have it
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People with a well developed cortex find tonic water less bitter, study finds
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Switch to fish and veg to save water, report urges
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Alcohol abstainers miss more days at work than moderate drinkers
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Agrichemicals and gene mutation make for dangerous Parkinson’s combination
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Diet study needs urine donations
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Genes tell of our distant insect-eating past
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There’s, um, a word for that
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Hard yakka doesn’t make men healthy
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Organ transplant drug hints at how to stop hair loss
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Science says: how not to open a beer bottle
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Café dining increases the risks of hormone disruption
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Putting the finger on drug users
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When cardiologists go away, heart attack victims fare better
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New rotavirus vax targets newborns
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Red wine is good for your teeth
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Parent education, not income, influences obesity in kids
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Scientists take a step closer to poo transplant pills
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Soil proves rich source of new antibiotics
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Unravelling the inflammation mystery
3 minutes

Thought Leaders

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Kip Thorne, and why he kept his LIGO scoop under wraps for months
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Uncategorized

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Seed collection sheds light on earliest African agriculture
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