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What's normal?
Rebecca Gibney and Anthony LaPaglia play dysfunctional parents in PJ Hogan's latest film Mental.
Run Fatty Run
The Stark family has combined their talents to make a fun video game that raises obesity awareness.
Womb transplant
Mother-to-daughter womb transplants may allow women to give birth using the same wombs they were carried in.
Smartcard or tracking device?
Police can track the movements of Melbourne transport passengers using the electronic ticketing system.
The real veal
Farmer Michael Partridge and butcher Vince Garreffa have joined forces to sell the best veal in town.
Correspondence in clay
The earliest known system of writing emerged from the mud of Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago.
Extinctions inevitable
Climate change will transform natural landscapes and make many species extinct, says a landmark study by the CSIRO.
Food for thought
Does the practice of ritual slaughter meet government regulations for humane killings?
Stopping the trolls
The Daily Telegraph's campaign against 'faceless twitter bullies' conflicts with its support for freedom of speech.
Designing babies
Should parents be allowed to screen and select for particular traits in their children?
Gambling for infants?
Children making in-app purchases can unknowingly run up credit card bills worth hundreds of dollars.
Middlemarch
Review: George Elliot's study of provincial life is widely accepted as the best novel ever written in English.
Mob mentality
What motivates violent extremism in small pockets of some communities?
Death in custody
The Northern Territory Coroner has delivered a scathing report on the police handling of Kwementyaye Briscoe.
Digital docos
How have digital technologies changed the parameters of documentary storytelling?
A cross for all people?
Americans are divided over the proposed exhibition of a cross found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
Getting to know Nauru
In colonial times the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru was known as Pleasant Island.
Revolution of radio
The popularity of podcasting has changed radio into a highly intimate listening experience.
Skin deep
Anti-ageing treatments are everywhere you look, but do they actually banish wrinkles?
Israel an apartheid state?
Ethnic cleansing and genocide paved the way for the foundation of Israel, says historian Ilan Pappe.
