Online dating sites hurting Australian sex industrySYDNEY - Online dating sites have done substantial amount of harm to the Australian sex industry, according to a report. Anti-depressant could be the female answer to ViagraSYDNEY - A drug that failed to pull women out of depression could work as their alternative to Viagra, experts believe. Australian drove nine hours to buy a newspaperSYDNEY - An elderly Australian who missed a turn and drove 600 km in the wrong direction while out to buy a newspaper said Wednesday that time was on his side and he wouldn’t be getting a GPS to help with the navigating. For a smooth bungee jumping experience, use the mermaid’s necklaceSYDNEY - The next time you bungee jump off a cliff, mermaid’s necklace, a gooey, stringy material that marine snails use to protect their growing embryos, could provide you with a smoother ride. ‘Forgive and forget’ more likely between lovers than friendsSYDNEY - You are more likely to ‘forgive and forget’ when you have been hurt by a lover rather than by a friend, says a new study. It’s a lot easier for volcanoes to erupt than we thinkSYDNEY - Scientists, who conducted a study of bubbles trapped in pumice rock, have suggested that it’s a lot easier for volcanoes to erupt than we think. Bomb-sniffing dog comes back to Australian troops in Afghanistan 14 months after going MIA
MIA dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months Rare iceberg spotted off island south of Australia; uncommon sight in such waters
Rare iceberg spotted off island south of Australia Birds chirping more loudly to be heard above city noiseSYDNEY - Birds and frogs are raising the volume of their calls to be heard above urban noise, says a new study. Close calls with dolphins spur people to go greenSYDNEY - If you want people to care about the environment, give them a close call with a whale, turtle or dolphin. Rudd must use India visit to boost strategic, economic ties: ExpertSYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should seek to boost bilateral economic and strategic ties with India during his first visit to the subcontinent as head of government, starting in Mumbai from Wednesday. Now, world’s first 3-D solar panel system that works undergroundSYDNEY - Using what they call the world’s first 3-D solar panel system, scientists in the US have created photovoltaic cells that work underground. 70-mn-year-old footprints shed new light on dinosaursSYDNEY - Scientists have stumbled on the first ever dinosaur footprints in New Zealand, going back some 70 million years. Kids prefer being well-liked to being popularSYDNEY - Children aged nine to 11 prefer being well-liked to being popular, a new study says. Aussie mum hailed as new J.K. RowlingSYDNEY - A writer-mum has been hailed as the new J.K. Rowling after her second novel, which had been turned down by every literary agency in Australia, sparked a worldwide bidding war among publishers later. Australia seeks help from Sri Lanka on flow of asylum seekersSYDNEY - Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday. ‘Best Job in the World’ campaign fails to lure foreignersSYDNEY - Tourism Queensland may have hailed Best Job in the World as the ‘most successful tourism campaign ever’ but it has failed to attract foreigners. Nearly 6 in 10 Australians now don’t want The Queen has head of stateSYDNEY - Ten years to the day since Australians voted to keep the Queen as head of state, a new opinion poll suggests that 59 percent now want a republic. Detained asylum-seekers’ spokesman ‘Alex’ a smuggler: Sri Lankan Govt.SYDNEY - The Sri Lankan Government has said that the leader of a boatload of asylum-seekers held in Indonesia on their way to Australia, Alex, is a known people-smuggler, who had been previously deported from Canada. Rise in sea levels on Australia’s eastern seaboard much slower than predictedSYDNEY - Reports indicate that sea levels on Australia’s eastern seaboard are rising at less than a third of the rate that the New South Wales Government is predicting. Indian students left stranded in Australia with closure of tenth schoolSYDNEY - Hundreds of Indian students studying in Australia have been left in the lurch, with the sudden collapse of the Global Campus Management Group closing down four colleges in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday. Faulty fuel pump forces US-bound Qantas jet to turn backSYDNEY - A Qantas Airways passenger jet flying from Sydney to Los Angeles was forced to return to Australia because of a faulty fuel pump, news reports said Saturday. No republic in Australia while Queen on throne: HowardSYDNEY - Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said that there would be no republic in the country while the Queen remained on the throne. Australia unlikely to send more troops to AfghanistanSYDNEY - Australian Defence Minister John Faulkner has hinted that Australia is unlikely to send more troops to the combined NATO and International Security Assistance forces in Afghanistan, despite US General Stanley McChrystal’s request for an extra 40,000 troops from the Obama administration. Australia launches investigation into Timor Sea oil spill to determine its cause, effects
Australia launches probe into massive oil spill Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival Adult fish bully juveniles and push them into predators’ mouthsSYDNEY - A new study has found that small fish sheltering in bleached coral, are being bullied by bigger fish, who push them out into the open water, into the mouths of predators. Qantas pilots suspended after forgetting to lower landing gearSYDNEY - Two Qantas pilots were suspended Wednesday after forgetting to lower landing gear as they came in to land at busy Sydney airport. Australia lifts interest rate for second month in a row, to 3.5 percent
Australia lifts interest rate to 3.5 percent Martian water may have flowed as slurries of mud, not as trickling streamsSYDNEY - A recent NASA report has suggested that Martian water most likely flowed as slurries of mud rather than trickling streams. |
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