Forget the pick-up lines – here's how to talk about your sexual desires and boundaries

Jan 22, 2016 05:26 am UTC| Life Health

Pick-up artists from the American company Real Social Dynamics (RSD) have been back in Australia to run a series of seminars for men on how to seduce women. During a 2014 visit, RSD coach Julien Blanc was driven from...

Burger FoMO - the peaks and pitfalls of retail pop-ups

Jan 21, 2016 23:58 pm UTC| Health

The In-N-Out Burger pop-up in Sydney this week is a case study in how to do this kind of retail. Devoted fans who have sampled the fast food outlet in the US and In-N-Out newbies have whipped up a social media storm,...

Veterans' health care: doctors outside the VA need to know more about the veterans they treat

Jan 21, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Health

Each year the military discharges over 240,000 veterans to reintegrate into civilian society. Its a professional transition, but its also a personal one. Veterans go from TRICARE, the Department of Defenses own health...

Should women exercise during and after pregnancy?

Jan 20, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Health

Michelle Bridges was this week branded irresponsible and accused of providing a poor message to new mums following an Instagram post of her workout one month after giving birth. The workout boasts 56 minutes of exercise...

Why Mark Zuckerberg was right to vaccinate his daughter

Jan 20, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Health

Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo on Facebook of his two-month-old daughter in the doctors surgery waiting to be vaccinated. It provoked a storm on social media, with millions of people commenting on the pros and...

Binging on weekends but eating healthily during the week is not OK for your gut

Jan 20, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Health

A relatively healthy but complex community is living together peacefully, until an unruly mob of hooligans begins unsettling the communitys residents and disturbing the peace every weekend. This scenario could be...

Exposure to algae toxin increases the risk of Alzheimer's-like illnesses

Jan 20, 2016 01:35 am UTC| Health

A paper published today suggests chronic exposure to an environmental toxin may increase the risk of neurodegenerative illness. For the first time, researchers have shown that feeding vervet monkeys a toxin produced by...