Global Warming Pause - From 1975 to 1998 the world saw a rapid rise of global average air surface temperatures, linked to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Virtual Universe - Grab your popcorn and settle back to watch a movie about the Universe – this extraordinary super computer simulation called the Illustris, models a huge chunk of the universe: a cube 350 million light years across, and home to tens of thousands of galaxies. Green Alloys - What can be done about the mountains of waste products that can’t be recycled? A team from UNSW is ‘reforming’ products deemed unrecyclable.