You're exhausted from trying to control things that were never yours to control.You keep pushing at a job that doesn't value you, staying in a relationship that drains you, worrying constantly about what might go wrong tomorrow. Nothing actually changes. Except you. You're more tired, more frustrated, and further from the peace you're chasing.Two thousand years ago, the Stoics discovered something we've forgotten: your peace doesn't depend on what happens to you. It depends o...

Foundations of Stage Makeup, Second Edition is a comprehensive exploration into the creative world of stage makeup.Step-by-step makeup applications paired with textual content create an enriching experience for future performers and makeup artists. Students will learn relevant history, color theory, makeup sanitation processes, and the use of light and shadow to engage in discussions about the aspects of professional makeup. Those foundations are then paired with a semeste...

Cosmos Weekly is the place for conversations, debates, discussions and insights into the science that changes our lives, where working scientists explain how they came to be where they are, and what hopes and breakthroughs keep them forging on.

From the nanoscale to the planetary, Issue 99 goes on an adventure across space and time:In the Top End, David Hancock documents ancient rock art as it’s renewed by a new generation of people on Country.From the shores of Botany Bay, Drew Rooke reports on the epic bird migrations turning avian science on its head.Ella Finkel documents a decade of brainwaves in neuroscience, a field already being revolutionised by AI.Plus zombies in real life, t...

This is Issue 98 of Cosmos, a quarterly science magazine. Produced by The Royal Institution of Australia, Cosmos aims to inspire curiosity in 'The Science of Everything' and make the world of science accessible to everyone.

To celebrate the 100th issue of Cosmos magazine, we’re exploring reasons to hopeDoes thinking about the future inspire fear, or excitement?This issue, we report on the amazing science helping to cure, conserve, and create solutions for the years and decades to come. We revisit Cosmos’ own fearless science predictions from almost 20 years ago, as well as delivering bold forecasts on what we should be expecting next.Meet the chemists transform...

The world is changing and Issue 101 is here to ask the burning questions:How did we get here, where are we going, and how can science guide us to make the right choices?Bianca Nogrady charts the way data is helping Australia negotiate its relationship with fire.Clare Watson takes a hard look at Big Pharma and explores alternative drug development initiatives that put people over profit.Up in Arnhem Land David Han...

This is Issue 96 of Cosmos, a quarterly science magazine. Produced by The Royal Institution of Australia, Cosmos aims to inspire curiosity in 'The Science of Everything' and make the world of science accessible to everyone.

This is Issue 97 of Cosmos, a quarterly science magazine. Produced by The Royal Institution of Australia, Cosmos aims to inspire curiosity in 'The Science of Everything' and make the world of science accessible to everyone.

Welcome to Ultramarine, which takes a deep dive into the science seeking to understand and protect our precious aquatic world. As anyone who’s rolled out of a boat in diving or snorkelling gear into deep water knows, there’s nothing as thrilling as entering the ocean and peering inside it.Whether in warm tropical waters or the shiver- inducing briny of temperate and lower marine environments, Earth’s oceans and seas brim with life, wonder and mystery. As 2023 ticks to a close, we w...

Meet the sweet and lovable miniature dapple dachshund Greyson and fall in love with him as he sets out to travel and make friends in this heartwarming children's book about a real dog.Daniel brought home Greyson, a miniature dapple dachshund, after a serious health scare. Greyson made Daniel's world brighter as he healed from heart surgery in 2005. Together with his mate, Sophie, Greyson was the highlight of any house party. Greyson and Sophie would wear costumes and greet the visi...

After the Civil War, the Townsends of Carolina especially and those that migrated to Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and other pioneer settlements began to seek thier heritage. Perhaps family bibles and knowlege of early Quaker meetings were resourceful for Dunn's Quaker's and those Western Bladen folk. Before long a Richard Townsend the weathest land owner south of Lumberton, N.C. named his ahbury pioneers "Raynham". He produced the finest antibellum sons in the region, but few of the scatt...