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Cadell Evans (flickr: KWC)

Tour favourite

Australian cyclist Cadell Evans enters the 2008 Tour de France as favourite.

Tech is blind

Braille (Reuters: Brian Snyder)

New and old technologies combine to break down barriers for the blind community.

Beautiful blooms

File photo: White roses (stock.xhcng)

If you have roses in your garden, then winter is the ideal time to give them a strong prune.

The wan wan patrol

Dog on a walk (Getty Images: Creative)

Dog owners in Japan could be called upon to lend a helping paw in policing the G8 summit next week.

Rock lobster

File photo: lobster (stock.xchng)

Rising petrol prices and drug abuse are two issues facing the cray fishing industry in Australia.

Rescue from the edge

Mike Walrond and Gavin Broadley with the Arachnipod (ABC TV)

Emergency crews can safely rescue people from cliff edges using the versatile Arachnipod.

Paris at night (flickr: davidoo750)

City of Light

Paris is illuminated at night by the work of lighting designer, Francoise Jousse.

The ice crisis

Malcolm Knox (Allen & Unwin)

Malcolm Knox sheds some light on the history of ice and the escalating drug crisis in Australia.

Happy kids, better parenting

File photo: Cheerful kids (stock.xchng)

Australian children are more sociable, less anxious, but more hyperactive than they were 20 years ago.

The twilight zone

Young sleepwalker (stock.xchng)

Sleepwalkers shouldn't be woken. Glassy-eyed children can be gently led back to bed.

Support child labour

Child labour pitch (The Gruen Transfer - ABC TV)

'A little bit of work won't hurt them' is the pitch from one agency promoting child labour.

Good oil memory saver

File photo: olive oil (stock.xchng)

A diet rich in good cholesterol could save us from dementia and memory loss in old age.

Sexualising young girls

Cover: What's happening to our girls? (Penguin)

Maggie Hamilton fears that young girls are overstimulated, oversold and oversexed.

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