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Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 launch in Vancouver

Energy summit unveils blueprint for change

22 February 2012

A report in NATURE magazine on the launch of the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030, a global think tank conference held in Canada and moderated by COSMOS editor-in-chief Wilson da Silva.


Scientist distances himself from activists

28 July 2011

News story in the Stock and Land newspaper about Greenpeace's destruction of a CSIRO experimental GM crop, in which COSMOS editor-in-chief is quoted.


My science experiment

21 April 2010

Taking on the science beat after a career in political reporting, Wilson da Silva found the field fraught with its own politics.


Rosetta nebula

The chances of discovering intelligent life in our galaxy is incredibly low

16 April 2010

WHAT'S the chance of finding intelligent life in our galaxy, the Milky Way? Pretty slim, according to Wilson da Silva, editor of COSMOS magazine.


 Dr Elizabeth Finkel and Dr Alan Finkel AM

Inspiring philanthropy

28 January 2010

Dr Alan Finkel AM and Dr Elizabeth Finkel, co-founders of COSMOS, are leading donors to Monash University and the community through the Alan and Elizabeth Finkel Foundation.


Karen Taylor

Two years is too much: flexibility better than long leave, says Karen

3 January 2010

KAREN TAYLOR plans to return to work next month after giving birth to son Charlie six weeks ago. The mother of two from Oyster Bay said her employer had agreed to extremely flexible conditions to encourage her to continue in her job as advertising sales manager at COSMOS magazine after four months' maternity leave.


Wilson da Silva

THE WRITE STUFF: Editor boldly goes where tourists dream to tread

2 January 2010

HE'S about to undertake probably the most daring trip possible, becoming one of the world's first space tourists. But Wilson da Silva says there's only one thing he's worried about: Paris Hilton.


Wilson da Silva, Editor of COSMOS

How science drives society

10 November 2009

An interview on the Telstra Leaders Speak Podcasts with Wilson da Silva, Editor of COSMOS, about the importance of science and about National Science Week.


Science in the Pub

Down at the Particle Pub

21 October 2009

There's nothing quite like taking science to the people in the form of their local pub, particularly if it's part of the ongoing Quantum to Cosmos Festival, hosted by the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada.


Karalundi

Twitter from Earth draws avalanche of global attention

31 August 2009

LUNA Media's Cosmos magazine has scored an astronomical success with its "Hello From Earth" Science Week initiative.


Students from the Karalundi Aboriginal Education Community

Beam them up: 25,000 texts to aliens

29 August 2009

More than 25,000 text messages from Earth zipped past Mars yesterday afternoon on the way to potential alien life forms, reports The Canberra Times.


Greetings from Earth: pop over for a barbie

29 August 2009

THERE were pleas of desperation, hopes from the heart, and invitations to visit, if anyone is passing this way.


Earth to Gliese 581d, anyone there?

28 August 2009

The search for human life beyond mother earth is one of those endless pursuits that never ceases to fascinate and intrigue we earthlings. So far, however, there’s been a deathly silence from outerspace to all the signals sent so far, but that’s no deterrent to Australian website, Hello From Earth, which today sent off a new signal to a far off planet with text messages from 25,000 people from all over the world.


Earthly twitters sent into space

28 August 2009

A total of 25,880 messages from 199 countries have been sent into space today as part of a National Science Week initiative.


25,000 texts sent to distant planet

28 August 2009

More than 25,000 messages have been transmitted into outer space in a bid to reach a distant planet that may hold life.