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An ice life
Boilermaker 'Horse' spends half the year maintaining the Australian Antarctic Territory Stations.
Living wills
Leading doctors are calling for uniform national laws that guarantee a person's right to 'a good death'.
Tasty tricks keep you eating
Hyper-palatable food products alter your brain chemistry, causing you to become addicted to them.
Want a job making video games?
Canberra's Academy of Interactive Entertainment hopes to give recent graduates a leg-up in the industry.
All about the journey
Travel writing is the oldest form of storytelling, says author Robert Macfarlane.
Holiday in Cambodia
Poh has a life changing adventure working with the children of the notorious garbage dump Steung Meanchey.
Original condition
A Holden lover prepares to part with four cars from his collection of 1950s classics.
Platypus stalker
Steve Axford documents the daily activities of the two cute little monotremes who live in his backyard.
Safety Not Guaranteed
Review: An oddball romance that starts with a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Sunday Morning
The boys from St Joseph's Nudgee College perform a smooth rendition of Maroon 5's hit song.
The Harry Games
Grown-ups gain a sense of romanticised nostalgia from reading young adult fiction.
Wild food
Most gardeners hate weeds, but Diego Bonetto thinks they are a much maligned food source.
A blot on the racing carnival
Jockey Damien Oliver felt a swift and severe reaction to allegations he bet on a rival horse.
A looming threat
Myrtle rust poses a large threat to the survival of some of Australia's native flora.
Back to the bush
Casper, the rare albino echidna, has been returned to a nature reserve near Canberra.
Cool celebration
The annual Darwin Fridge Festival has attracted entries from schools, remote communities and prisons.
Eating for two
There are plenty of myths about what you should and shouldn't eat during pregnancy, says Annabel Karmel.
Get out of my space, man
Humpback whales need an average of two kilometres between each other to restore their energy during migration.
Tackling temperament
Are children at age seven miniature versions of the adults they will one day become?
The Origins of Sex
A gruesome and erudite historical account of our changing attitudes towards sex took 20 years to research.
