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COSMOSmagazine

  1. Everyone's a winner? Square Kilometre Array super-telescope goes to … all three: Australia-New Zealand-South Africa. bit.ly/KMtnN4
  2. World awaits #SKA decision: bit.ly/MMkuah
  3. Gotta love the job titles @ScitechWA Renae Sayers, Production Coordinator of Scientific Delights: bit.ly/Lx7LGl
  4. Hopes are high for the development of microbicides as potential new weapons in our anti-AIDS arsenal: bit.ly/KmRjaJ #health
  5. Read an opinion on the SKA by Brian Boyle, SKA Director for Australia and New Zealand: bit.ly/KmBVvf
  6. SKA announcement expected later today or tomorrow!
  7. Experts have discovered the near-complete remains of a new species of dinosaur bit.ly/JATr1Z @ConicetDialoga #palaeontology
  8. New therapy helps tinnitus sufferers: bit.ly/K1uZF3 @TheLancet #health
  9. RT @r10pez10 There is a book about waves and particles; it is fairly light reading :P
  10. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
  11. Turns out the Goldilocks fable was scientifically accurate. Infants prefer situations that are 'just right': bit.ly/KMZAHw
  12. A nifty piece of software can now monitor workers and pick-up on subtle cues about when they are not coping: bit.ly/KRhGnH
  13. Whales have previously unknown sensory organ in their chins: bit.ly/KMsqI8
  14. Taiwan has begun testing DNA from shark fins sold in local markets in a bid to protect endangered species. Read more: bit.ly/JdYz6d
  15. @cpezaro *Red Face* Thanks for catching our slip up. We've fixed it now!
  16. Strange, but true: Emotional stress from #Japan tsunami caused some survivors' brains to shrink. bit.ly/MeA38b #quake #health #brain
  17. Castor oil has been used for centuries. But only now have scientists discovered how it works: bit.ly/JvI2k5 #health @PNASNews
  18. Lift off! After an aborted mission on Saturday, SpaceX lifts off in an historic first. bit.ly/L47QSi @NASA @SpaceX
  19. #CeBIT showcases latest in disaster-response technology bit.ly/JBGTq8 #technology #environment
  20. See the gadgets from the CeBIT conference, like robots, 3D printers and safe homes: on.fb.me/Lc1Y65 @CSIROnews @NICTA @FireRescueNSW