Cosmos - Issue 94

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Feeling overwhelmed by the news? Want to feel good about the world again? What better way than with Cosmos – the science of everything amazing.
In this issue:
Get a sneak peak into the new dark matter detector being built in a gold mine in country Victoria. Read about latest research into whether animals other than humans have a sense of humour. Take a trip through space with NASA’s DART spacecraft, heading on an asteroid-destroying trajectory. Investigate a startling new theory in physics: can time go backwards as well? Go behind the scenes to find out about the complex business of staging a holographic concert. How does popping candy work? Why do snorers not wake themselves up? In a new section, readers’ questions big and small are answered by our newsroom. Explore the very, VERY tiny with an amazing new piece of Australian made technology that can watch bacteria in real time. Learn about the international competition pitting two consciousness theories against each other in an attempt to finally define how our minds work. Discover the animals (including us!) listening in before birth, and what they learn for their outside world future.