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news features opinion factfile profiles Blogs fiction reviews media room	Online news Saturday, 28 January 2012 Kepler confirms 26 new planets NASA's Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our Solar System, all of them orbiting too close to their host stars to sustain life. read more Early Moon's metal heart was long-lived A powerful magnetic field shielded the early Moon, and was generated by a molten metal core that churned for much longer than previously thought, according to a new study. read more Other news How jumping spiders make a perfect jump Lasers shine light on galactic magnetic fields Archaeopteryx feather colour and structure revealed 'Earliest known lizard' actually a modern species Narcissism has a higher health cost for men Magic mushroom trip mapped in the brain View all news Online features Two sides of the same coin by Matthew Bailes \| From astrophysics to genetics, all published scientific research is subject to rigorous challenge by other scientists, scrutinised for errors and the evidence tested. So why are some disciplines treated differently, asks Matthew Bailes. read more Inside the Square Kilometre Array by Myles Gough \| In February 2012, the location of one of the world's greatest science facilities is expected to be revealed. Until then, it's anyone's guess as to whether the Australian/NZ or Southern African consortium will win the bid to host the A$2.5 billion radio telescope. read more Read more features Selected COSMOS magazine features Sexual evolution by John Long \| While sex purges our genome of harmful mutations and pushes biodiversity, it's a costly exercise for the average organism. So when, and why, did it all begin? John Long trawls the fossil record to find out. read more River of life by Fiona MacDonald \| The birthplace of both agriculture and civilisation, Syria's Euphrates River is again facing turmoil and change - environmental as well as political. Fiona MacDonald travels to the ancient waterway. read more Read more features Fiction Your Minute Starts Now It was no secret: the student body considered the experiment fast cash - sign up and strap in for a quick fifty before heading to the bars. Hangovers were often called Leglums. Leglum didn't mind. read more Genocide Blonde The end of the world wasn't zombies. Actually, she was a blonde. read more Read more fiction Reviews Making Girls and Boys: Inside the Science of Sex Jane McCredie's book questions why we restrict gender to only male or female and sensitively describes the ramifications for people who can't be so easily labelled. read more The Lust For Blood Why are we fascinated by death, murder and horror? Curious psychologist and counselling professor Jeffrey A. Kottler delves into why everyday people are so attracted to violence. read more Read more reviews	Poll Are you worried about solar storms?: Yes, they could have a huge effect if they knock out the Earth's electricity No, it seems very unlikely that our electricity will be knocked out by one Maybe, but there's nothing we can do about it

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