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A new way to sleep better
Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 5:48 PM EDT (The Age)
Sleepless people sometimes use the internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of internet-based therapy.
Social networking lures teenagers to internet
Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 5:46 PM EDT (The Age)
AUSTRALIANS aged 16 and 17 are spending an average of 3½ hours every day on the internet, new research reveals, with social networking the overwhelming favourite reason.
Divorced Men cry poor but better off than women
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:20 PM EDT (The Age)
FOUR years after a marriage break-up, divorced men are significantly better off than divorced women — and better off than before the separation. But the men are much more likely than the women to cry poor.
Doctors Offered Cruise to Prescribe Sigma
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:17 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
A DRUG company is offering doctors who prescribe its medicines a 10-day Mediterranean cruise in a move that could breach a code of conduct.
Schools' data to go on the web
Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:30 PM EDT ()
A WEBSITE to allow parents to compare their children's school with other similar schools will be launched this year after education ministers agreed to make a range of school performance and population data public.
A pale limitation
Seeded on Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:36 PM EDT ()
IS AUSTRALIAN television really "hideously white"? Last year Britain's racial equality chief Trevor Phillips initiated an inquiry into racial depictions on television, and summed up Britain's television diet in those two pithy words.
Marriage for Life?
Seeded on Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:58 PM EDT ()
Marriage is for life, right? Most Australians agree with the proposition. But most also think it is perfectly all right for unhappy couples to divorce, even if they have children.
Filmmaker Rob Spence plans to implant camera in eye to become 'Eyeborg'
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:31 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
A ONE-eyed filmmaker is going to implant a camera in his eye to make a film from his point of view. Rob Spence, a documentary filmmaker from Canada, has been unable to use his right eye since it was damaged in a firearms accident as a child.
Young adults, big issues
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:28 PM EST ()
This Sunday Howell and fellow young adult writer Justine Larbalestier will meet interested teenage readers at the State Library to talk about their work and to eat cake.
Underbelly success sees viewers turning their backs on reality TV
Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:17 AM EST (Australian News Network)
AUSTRALIAN television is losing its grip on reality as viewers flock in record-breaking numbers to locally produced TV dramas.
Australians desert MySpace for Facebook
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:25 PM EST ()
Facebook celebrates its fifth birthday this week and the company has much to crow about, as new figures reveal the social network has twice as many monthly users in Australia as its nearest competitor, MySpace.
Spirit Airlines flight attendants angry over sexually suggestive advertising
Seeded on Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:25 PM EST ()
I feel as though I have entered a time warp and am reliving the battles for respect and justice for women that we fought for 40 years ago," Friend said.
Kids still pushing the linguistic envelope
Seeded on Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:22 PM EST ()
Technology has chipped into cutting-edge schoolyard speak, writes John Mangan.
Big Day Out
Seeded on Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:46 PM EST ()
While it's a different crowd to the Melbourne BDO audience, with most punters under 30 and scantily clad (we were the only people there in jeans and boots, aside from Died Pretty frontman Ron Peno, who was resplendent in all white), we can confirm the 17th BDO features a diverse …
She should be so lucky - Eat, Pray, Love
Seeded on Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:57 AM EST ()
Elizabeth Gilbert went travelling after her divorce and not only discovered inner peace and a new lover, but also wrote the bestselling Eat Pray Love about her experiences. She talks with Emma Brockes.
Child access rights for grandparents
Seeded on Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:44 AM EST ()
GRANDPARENTS will be encouraged to maintain links with grandchildren in messy family breakups and help resolve custody disputes under changes to be announced by the Federal Government today
Teens turn a new page
Seeded on Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:13 PM EST ()
How do you change unreal images in teen magazines? From the inside, writes Josephine Tovey. From the cover of Indigo magazine a 15-year-old girl looks back happily over her shoulder. Her brown hair is pulled casually off her make-up-free face.
Money 'not only way to lift schools'
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:19 PM EST ()
POURING billions of dollars into schools and employing extra teachers does not guarantee students will perform better, researchers have found. But testing students to see how they fare against national benchmarks can make schools more accountable, ensure resources are being prop …
Tired and true tales of the bedroom
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:29 PM EST ()
The first thing to go is the sense of humour. Then motivation. The body aches, the eyes won't focus. Conversation dries up. Friendships freeze. Work suffers. Welcome to the world of an insomniac.
Study finds addiction risk with processed food
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:25 PM EST ()
CORNFLAKES, biscuits and soft drinks may be as addictive as cigarettes and could face advertising bans, strict regulations, high taxes and health warning labels, scientists say.
The jobs most at risk in 2009
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:07 PM EST (Australian News Network)
CAR salesmen, real estate agents and investment bankers are among the most likely to lose their jobs this year, a new study says. Bricklayers, catering contractors, boat builders, tyre manufacturers, prawn fishermen and some miners also will do it hard.
Facebook's a great space for scammers
Seeded on Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:13 PM EST (Australian News Network)
She said: "I have sent two emails to different addresses at Facebook because I've had no success in tracking down any phone number, let alone an emergency number - and still I have had no response." This is despicable; surely Facebook has a duty to help protect its members when …
Accidental outlaw
Seeded on Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:09 PM EST ()
Matthew Ricketson explains how the father of gonzo became a victim of his own cult status. FEW journalists' lives attract the attention of biographers; even Bob Woodward, perhaps the most famous newspaper journalist in the world, has been the subject of just two biographies. Hu …
Childhood obesity epidemic a myth, says research
Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 3:16 PM EST (Australian News Network)
THE rise in childhood obesity has halted, defying warnings that it is an "epidemic" that is out of control. Obesity rates among children levelled off around 1998 and have remained steady ever since, exploding the myth that children are becoming more overweight than ever before.
Teens flaunting sex and drugs on MySpace
Seeded on Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:40 PM EST ()
Christakis said many teens are unaware of how public and permanent Internet information can be, while parents often do not know what their kids are up to. "No one says, "Whoa! Why are you putting that up there?'" Christakis said. In a second study, the researchers identified 19 …
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