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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITIONS! To celebrate Mammoth Week, we've got a copy of Sharon Levy's book Once & Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions tell us about the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals to give away! Email your response to the question below to online@cosmosmagazine.com and our favourite, most creative answer will win! Question: If you could bring back one extinct animal, what would it be and why? And we're still running our animals-only Where in the COSMOS? competition, so send a photo of an animal reading an issue of COSMOS magazine to online@cosmosmagazine.com for your chance to win one of three TINTIN - The Complete Collection DVDs. The three winning photos will also feature in an upcoming issue of the magazine! And congratulations to Sylvie Constantine and Gregory Savage - you've each won a copy of the PUSH DVD from last week's competition!
| POLL RESULT
Half of you think solar storms are a worry but there's no use losing sleep over something you can't control, while 27% of you are more concerned, considering the huge effect they can have on the Earth. Twenty three percent of you aren't worried about solar storms at all, saying it's unlikely that they will have any drastic effect on us. View the full results and add your comments
NEW POLL: Should we introduce elephants to Australia? Have your say.
TOP NEWS
 | The reason dinosaurs became such gigantic creatures is not related to the force of natural selection favouring larger body sizes, new research has found. |  | High-energy electrons that should be wreaking havoc on our telecommunications systems during geomagnetic storms have been disappearing, and scientists have finally figured out where they go. |  | Supervolcanic eruptions, which can devastate entire continents by pouring out poisonous gas and scorching magma for months, may be predictable. |  | We should introduce elephants and other large mammals to Australia to ease the impact of bushfires and feral animals on the environment, an Australian scientist has suggested. |  | Maternal care in early childhood strongly predicts the size of the hippocampus, a brain region associated with healthy social and emotional development in humans. |  | 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.
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN FOCUS: Don’t miss our special COSMOS guide exploring the science, innovation and engineering developments in South Australia, a state brimming with capacity in R&D, training and careers. Rich in mineral wealth, SA has a strong focus on engineering, IT, food science, environment, mining, defence and astronomy. This 7-page special looks at career success stories, key technology areas, green initiatives, hot topics and more, mapping the best the festival state has to offer. Go here for more info.
IN FOCUS
 ~ Becky Crew
Last month, a group of scientists from the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum in Russia and the Kinki University in Japan finally announced the launch of a project we've been hearing about for years - an attempt to resurrect a woolly mammoth using cloning technology. While it might seem like quite a stretch, the team is confident that one of these extinct pachyderms will be brought back to life by 2017, so what better opportunity to wallow in all things mammoth? This week we interview mammoth experts, investigate extinction theories, ponder the possibility of living alongside mammoths once again and explore the variety of species, from the demure pygmy mammoth to the colossal Columbian mammoth. But first up, here's a collection of mammoth articles from Cosmos Online that sees them unearthed, auctioned and potentially cloned, amid investigations into whether or not humans are to blame for their ultimate demise. READ MORE>>
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES
 | With scientists attempting to resurrect the woolly mammoth within the next five years, it's time to get familiar with this formidable prehistoric pachyderm. |  | Risky behaviour by adolescent Columbian mammoths proved fatal, causing them to slip into the deadly hot springs of South Dakota. |  | Mammoths are one of the largest known mammal species to ever inhabit the Earth, and have been found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Here's an overview of all the species that have so far been discovered. |  | Scientists who failed to warn citizens of a major earthquake have been charged with manslaughter, igniting debate and raising the question - will we have any warning before future big earthquakes hit? |
THIS WEEK'S BLOGS
 | As part of COSMOS' Mammoth Week, Jenna searches for the best movies that involve mammoths. |  | Renae looks at the advantages and disadvantages of bringing the extinct woolly mammoth back to life. |
THIS WEEK'S PROFILES
 | Evolutionary biologist Jeremy Austin studies ancient DNA to answer the big questions. |  | Alan Cooper has spent his career using DNA to investigate the evolutionary mysteries that have left others puzzled, such as how mammoths survived in such frigid environments. |
THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS
 | Doug Saunders tries to understand what drives Chinese, Indian, Polish, Turkish or African peasants to become urban migrants, leaving their villages and rural lives to knock on the doors of the world's cities. |  | Richard Cohen, travelled to 18 countries on six continents to write this book. The sheer breadth of topics is staggering, as he bounces from photosynthesis to Pythagoras and even covers skin cancer and the Beatles. |
NEW ISSUE IN STORE NOW!  A mystery illustration made by an 18th-century astronomer has revealed the most massive flare from the Sun ever recorded. When next one erupts – as scientists are now certain one will – the flare will wreak global chaos and likely bring our modern interconnected civilisation to a standstill. Read about superflares from the Sun, plus, a revolutionary technique that reveals your brain in a new light and could combat behaviours from addiction to depression. Find out also why the top athletes win, and if we are facing a Gattaca-style world of predictive genetics that could typecast us from birth. Order your copy now! Read the digital edition immediately, or have a print edition sent to you. | | Poll Are you worried about solar storms? Yes, they could have a huge effect if they knock out the Earth's electricity 27% No, it seems very unlikely that our electricity will be knocked out by one 23% Maybe, but there's nothing we can do about it 50% | |
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