Cosmos articles
Sun in the clear over global warming
A solar radiation study is evidence that global warming over the past two decades cannot be blamed on the Sun, a theory espoused by climate-change sceptics.
Maths proves the silliness of silly walks
Scientists have explained mathematically why the famous “silly walks” of Monty Python’s John Cleese have never caught on in the long history of Homo sapiens.
New Mars Lander will dig below surface
NASA’s new Mars lander will travel to the Red Planet’s far northern plains to break beneath its surface in the search of conditions favourable to life.
Magnets change the colour of a liquid
Chemists have created a liquid that can be made to change to any colour of the rainbow by applying a magnetic field to it. It has the potential to make inexpensive colour display screens.
