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  • Monkey teeth give clues on when Neanderthal baby was weaned

    Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...

  • Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption

    Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...

  • 3D printing expert hoses down fears of homemade gun surge

    Australia An expert in the technology of 3D printing has questioned fears it could spark a mass proliferation of homemade guns on Australia's streets.3D printers - available for less than $1,000 - work by printing layer upon layer of plastic, building objects from virtual blueprints.New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione yesterday warned more than 100,000 firearm blueprints ...

  • Julia Gillard Tony Abbott rally party faithful ahead of election

    Australia As the federal election bandwagon rolls on, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have rallied party faithful.Ms Gillard today addressed Labor ministers, sitting members and candidates from across New South Wales at a campaign seminar at Parramatta, in Sydney's west.She admitted winning the election would be hard but she urged candidates to keep ...

  • Lions all the more eager for victory in Australia after three defeats | Eddie Butler

    Brian O'Driscoll scores for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia at the Gabba in 2001. Photograph: Darren England/Getty ...


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Ratatouille

Ratatouille

As have all their previous films, Pixar's Ratatouille, which tells the unlikely story of a country rat who yearns to be a Parisian chef, stands out among the other computer-animated movies of late. Ever since the release of 1995's Toy Story, the first feature-length comp ... ...

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  • Sydneys new million-dollar suburbs

    Sydney house prices are back on the rise and suburbs such as once-cheap(ish) Manly Vale have just joined the million-dollar club. Always considered Manly's poor cousin, Manly Vale's median house price has hit $1,005,000 - a rise of 10 per cent on a year ago. ''I've always thought it was one of those hidden gems that not many people knew about,'' said ...

  • Keep off the grass Keating

    Paul Keating has labelled Sydney a ''whore to stimulus'' and called for the preservation of the Royal Botanic Gardens as a green open space as the state government pushes to generate more revenue from the site. Angered by the increasing use of the gardens to stage opera and film events with bars and food stalls, Mr Keating accused the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust ...

  • Gardens not for raising cash Keating

    Paul Keating has labelled Sydney a ''whore to stimulus'' and called for the preservation of the Royal Botanic Gardens as a green open space as the state government pushes to generate more revenue from the site. Angered by the increasing use of the gardens to stage opera and film events with bars and food stalls, Mr Keating accused the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust ...

  • Siren sounded on racism in footy

    Two images from 20 years apart - both of an indigenous man, a footballer, pointing in the face of racism - suggest that nothing has changed; that we have gone nowhere, as a code, as a sport, as a society. In fact, what they show is there has been a fundamental change, though it is far from complete. Perhaps we in the AFL community did become a little too smug, thinking that gestures and ...

  • Travellers taking trips to forget

    Behind bars: Number of Australians imprisoned overseas. Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of almost 50 per cent from previous years. Figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade revealed that 1507 Australians were arrested or jailed for various crimes in the 2011-2012 financial year, up from 1067 in 2010-2011. ...

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