Bigger is better: Brain size affects intelligence The Siasat Daily Melbourne, May 10: | "Size does matter" could be true for human brains as well, as a new study shows that brain size can have an affect not only on people`s thoughts and behaviour, but intelligence also. | A largest global study on human brain, involving over 200 scientists worldwide, has found gene...
SBS gets funds for Indigenous TV channel Australian Broadcasting Corporation A free-to-air national Indigenous television channel will be set up by SBS, staffed mainly by Indigenous Australians. | The Federal Budget provides $63 million over four years for the service, which will be available via satellite, as well as on a regular SBS digital channel. | Communications Minist...
TV star and Aussie sweetheart Lisa McCune is back on song The Daily Telegraph Australia | WHEN TV drama Sea Patrol ended, its star Lisa McCune thought her days of keeping in peak physical shape were over. | But the four-time Gold Logie winner didn't count on returning to the stage in the demanding role of US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush in...
Sydney party scene: May 14 - 18 The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE world premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman, the latest nightclub in Bondi, and this year's Women of Style in this week's Insider Parties. InStyle Magazine and Audi host the 2012 Women of Style Awards at Carriage Works in Eveleigh. (...
Fallout after dream is shattered Canberra Times | IT HAD all the makings of a Mills and Boon novel. | A pretty young Australian teenager travels to Italy on a study tour. She meets a dashing Italian and marries him, at the age of 17. They have several beautiful daughters and live in his family's v...
New turmoil in Arab world: French PM's name The Siasat Daily Sydney, May 19: | It is not France's new president but Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault who is creating waves in the Arab world. And it is because of his name. | His surname, when pronounced, sounds like the word "****" in Arabic. | Editors in major ...
The alternate worlds of John Travolta The Australian | JOHN Travolta likes to inhabit alternate worlds. | There's his life as a Qantas pilot and ambassador. And there are the characters that brought the New Jersey boy world stardom in the 1970s. Also in this story | Login to read the rest of this artic...
Teen dies suddenly at home NZ Herald | A teenage girl who had just moved to Australia with her family has died in mysterious circumstances. | Ngawai Wharekawa, 14, was excitedly preparing to move with her family to start a new life in Australia only six weeks ago. | But that new life en...
Lucky country has endless allure NZ Herald | Australian authorities don't seem terribly clear about how many New Zealanders have settled in the sunburned country. A 2009 estimate on the website of the Immigration Museum said 521,000; an update in March by the Australian Department of Foreign ...
Sydney Airport savings beaten by noise The Daily Telegraph Australia | IT safely guides aircraft into Sydney, slashes fuel use, reduces carbon emissions and helps clear airport delays. | But the introduction of a satellite-based guidance system for planes is in limbo because of claims it will concentrate aircraft noise. | The use of satellite systems at Sydney Airport was one of the top recommendations of a joint st...
