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Science Illustrated

Issue 74
Magazine

Science Illustrated delivers natural science, break through discoveries and an understanding of the world for the entire family. Packed with stunning photography and in-depth editorial it’s a visually spectacular gateway to the world looking into the beginning of life to distant objects in the universe.

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Science Illustrated Australia

Hole in the middle: viewing the centre of the Milky Way

New life: early-stage embryo grown from stem cells

Back to the Moon: archived sample is re-examined

Asteroid strike in WA defrosted the frozen Earth • The dating of a crater from an asteroid strike in Western Australia offers a new explanation of why a global ice age subsided more than two billion years ago.

Ancestors with new faces

Sex selection by slowing down sperm cells with the X factor

BY THE WAY

Robot worm removes blood clots in the brain • A new robot can make its way to areas of the brain that doctors cannot reach. Their goal is to remove lethal blood clots.

Will the lava island benefit the reef?

Red dwarf’s gas giant conundrum • The discovery of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting close to a red dwarf star forces astronomers to adjust their theories about solar system formation.

One heartbeat away from an accident

Twisted rubber bands could power fridges of the future

DINO DISCOVERY

Cancer patients hold their breath

Concrete block tower stores clean energy • Swiss engineers have developed energy storage that involves building of a tower of concrete blocks, only to tear it down again.

Were there civilisations on Earth before ours? • In the BBC’s Doctor Who series, the Doctor meets intelligent reptiles from Earth’s Silurian period, 430 million years ago. Would we be able to find evidence of such a civilisation today?

TOP 5 • Which machine is the world’s noisiest?

What causes a squint in someone’s eyes?

Why do some people hate coriander?

INSIDE THE BODY • How does the chill factor affect the human body?

How big can jellyfish grow?

Can several worlds share the same orbit? • Can asteroids, planets and moons share an orbit around the Sun?

Which animal has the best sense of smell?

WHAT IS THIS? • Tiny glass spheres in moon dust

What if our weather systems reversed? • What would the weather be like if weather systems suddenly came from the east instead of the west?

Do fish have the same blood types as people?

VERSUS • Who’s got the biggest spacecraft?

What if you were hit by the LHC proton beam? • "How would the cells of my body react if they were hit by the proton beam from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, where the beam travels at a speed close to that of light?"

BOND VILLAINS SAVE THE WORLD! • After 25 films, James Bond has survived or thwarted a good many instruments of torture and other devices wielded by Bond villains. Yet now similar technologies are destroying cancer tumours, eliminating trauma, and could soon be pulverising asteroids.

Cobalt bomb kills cancer cells • Radioactive cobalt emits gamma radiation, which could eliminate cancer tumours in the brain.

Robot removes hazardous fluid from brain • Thanks to intelligent algorithms, the NaoTrac robotic surgeon is more accurate than a human being.

Laser shoots asteroids off course • Asteroids could destroy all life on Earth, but scientists are working on a defence craft that could shoot asteroids off course by means of laser light.

WATER: THE BIG SQUEEZE • Withered plants. Suffocating dust clouds. Water pipes that sound with a hollow ‘clang’. One third of the world’s population lacks pure drinking water, but membranes and miracle powder could help them...


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 84 Publisher: Nextmedia Pty Ltd Edition: Issue 74

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: April 1, 2020

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

Science Illustrated delivers natural science, break through discoveries and an understanding of the world for the entire family. Packed with stunning photography and in-depth editorial it’s a visually spectacular gateway to the world looking into the beginning of life to distant objects in the universe.

SUBSCRIBE & START SAVING NOW!

Science Illustrated Australia

Hole in the middle: viewing the centre of the Milky Way

New life: early-stage embryo grown from stem cells

Back to the Moon: archived sample is re-examined

Asteroid strike in WA defrosted the frozen Earth • The dating of a crater from an asteroid strike in Western Australia offers a new explanation of why a global ice age subsided more than two billion years ago.

Ancestors with new faces

Sex selection by slowing down sperm cells with the X factor

BY THE WAY

Robot worm removes blood clots in the brain • A new robot can make its way to areas of the brain that doctors cannot reach. Their goal is to remove lethal blood clots.

Will the lava island benefit the reef?

Red dwarf’s gas giant conundrum • The discovery of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting close to a red dwarf star forces astronomers to adjust their theories about solar system formation.

One heartbeat away from an accident

Twisted rubber bands could power fridges of the future

DINO DISCOVERY

Cancer patients hold their breath

Concrete block tower stores clean energy • Swiss engineers have developed energy storage that involves building of a tower of concrete blocks, only to tear it down again.

Were there civilisations on Earth before ours? • In the BBC’s Doctor Who series, the Doctor meets intelligent reptiles from Earth’s Silurian period, 430 million years ago. Would we be able to find evidence of such a civilisation today?

TOP 5 • Which machine is the world’s noisiest?

What causes a squint in someone’s eyes?

Why do some people hate coriander?

INSIDE THE BODY • How does the chill factor affect the human body?

How big can jellyfish grow?

Can several worlds share the same orbit? • Can asteroids, planets and moons share an orbit around the Sun?

Which animal has the best sense of smell?

WHAT IS THIS? • Tiny glass spheres in moon dust

What if our weather systems reversed? • What would the weather be like if weather systems suddenly came from the east instead of the west?

Do fish have the same blood types as people?

VERSUS • Who’s got the biggest spacecraft?

What if you were hit by the LHC proton beam? • "How would the cells of my body react if they were hit by the proton beam from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, where the beam travels at a speed close to that of light?"

BOND VILLAINS SAVE THE WORLD! • After 25 films, James Bond has survived or thwarted a good many instruments of torture and other devices wielded by Bond villains. Yet now similar technologies are destroying cancer tumours, eliminating trauma, and could soon be pulverising asteroids.

Cobalt bomb kills cancer cells • Radioactive cobalt emits gamma radiation, which could eliminate cancer tumours in the brain.

Robot removes hazardous fluid from brain • Thanks to intelligent algorithms, the NaoTrac robotic surgeon is more accurate than a human being.

Laser shoots asteroids off course • Asteroids could destroy all life on Earth, but scientists are working on a defence craft that could shoot asteroids off course by means of laser light.

WATER: THE BIG SQUEEZE • Withered plants. Suffocating dust clouds. Water pipes that sound with a hollow ‘clang’. One third of the world’s population lacks pure drinking water, but membranes and miracle powder could help them...


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