Australian Science Illustrated - Issue 54 2017

Australian Science Illustrated - Issue 54 2017

English | 84 pages | True PDF | 19 mb

CONTENTS
28 SOLAR SYSTEM 2.0

Seven worlds crowded around a dim red star. Yet according to cosmologists, this place could almost be just like home.

36 THE FORGOTTEN THREAT OF SMOG

Global warming is bad, but at least it isn’t dirty. Smog creates filth, it clogs your lungs,

and it kills. So why don’t we talk about it?

64 DOCTOR SAYS TO FEED YOUR HEAD

Could psychoactive party drugs like ecstacy, and hallucinogens like LSD, be harnessed safely to relieve mental illness?

46 DID HITLER SEND US TO THE MOON?

NASA’s rockets, including the Saturn V, were all based on military tech that killed thousands. Meet the original WMD

58 HIGH TECHNOLOGY VS ANCIENT EGYPT

Lasers, supercomputers, drones, radar and more are all being co-opted into the ongoing quest to uncover Egypt’s deepest secrets.

68 SUPERCRITICAL FLUID IS SUPER AWESOME

Geothermal power has massive potential. Iceland can get it easily, so no wonder this country is taking the tech to the next level.

74 YOUR LAST COMMON ANCESTOR

Is this lemur your great-to-the-nth grandparent? Or are you actually related to a sort of sponge at the bottom of a rock pool? Trick question!
REGULARS AND OTHER FEATURES
6 MEGAPIXEL It’s all about the walrus mass

10 SCIENCE UPDATE Learn and become learned

18 ASK US How can I avoid certain death, but in a rigorously scientific way?

78 HOME CHEMISTRY An expert project for supergeeks

80 TRIVIA Now with more blockchain brainbusters!

82 BIODIVERSITY How a spider could fix your boo-boo