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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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

The title of Dan in Real Life is drawn from the fictional newspaper column written by Dan Burns (Steve Carell), a widowed father of three precocious daughters. His is one of those advice columns in which struggling people write in to someone they've never met and receive va ... ...

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  • 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. ...

  • Charities left at the altar after Edelsten wedding

    It was billed as the ultimate wedding with a conscience. When Geoffrey Edelsten married Brynne Gordon, no expense was spared. A star-studded guest list, a video invitation made by the director ...

  • National treasures in Canberra

    CANBERRA is more than roundabouts and school camps, Scott Podmore finds, as he visits national treasures, a tasty tourist trail and a cycling tour with a famous ...

  • MI5 tried to recruit terror suspect

    An alleged friend of Michael Adebolajo, the man accused of murdering a soldier in London, has been arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster British security services had tried to recruit Mr Adebolajo. Abu Nusaybah told BBC television on Friday Mr Adebolajo was asked by the MI5 intelligence agency if he wanted to work for them. He said Mr Adebolajo had snubbed their approach. The BBC ...

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