Feeling anxious about how you look in those beach clothes? Wondering whether your sanity will survive the family dynamics? Don't despair: here's the Health Matters guide to keeping your cool over the holidays. Full Story | Published 22/12/2005.
To get you through the relaxed summer months we've put together a collection of the year's best and funniest science stories, audio, games and video in The Lab's Summer Reading Guide. So put your feet up, get your mouses clicking and enjoy! Full Story | Published 22/12/2005.
Think you remember everything that happened in science this year? Try our 10 question quiz and test your memory of the Lab's 2005 News in Science. Full Story | Published 15/12/2005.
Blokes have painted themselves as the innocent victims of premenstrual syndrome. But they seem to make their partners' symptoms worse. Full Story | Published 08/12/2005.
If you believe what you read, Australians are a sexy lot. We have sex at a younger age and with more partners than our parents, and if we had our way, we'd like to do it more often. But how do we know all this, and what does it mean? Jacquie van Santen investigates. Full Story | Published 01/12/2005.
The northern half of Australia starts to get steamy from November. For the clued-up observer, there are a number of tell tale signs in nature that the rains are approaching, heralding the end of the humidity and the arrival of the wet. Full Story | Published 17/11/2005.
Are first-borns really natural leaders, and younger kids rebellious creative types? Does your position in the family affect anything other than the quality of hand-me-downs you score? With 5 sisters, 6 brothers and a healthy dose of self-interest, the lab's ninth-born Bernie Hobbs takes a look at the science of siblings. Full Story | Published 10/11/2005.
Yoga is much more than contortionist poses and a supermodel butt. Kathy Graham finds out why more Australians than ever choose to twist like a pretzel and what science has to say about its many alleged health benefits. Full Story | Published 03/11/2005.
Is nuclear power the answer to our greenhouse gas woes? Or are we just creating another problem for the future? We asked for your questions on nuclear power and selected the most frequently asked and most intriguing ones. Here are the answers from some of Australia's top experts. Full Story | Published 27/10/2005.
Intelligent Design argues that some structures, such as the eye, are just too marvellous to be the product of evolution - a designer's hand must be involved! But is there any science involved? Kathy Graham reports. Full Story | Published 20/10/2005.
Since Tarzan first whacked a cloth around his loins and Jane first realised she might like some extra support while swinging through the trees, people have been searching for a better way to package their most precious possessions, Abbie Thomas reports. Full Story | Published 06/10/2005.
A project to collect genetic information from over 100,000 people could lead us to the very roots of humanity's genetic tree. But there are implications in undertaking the task that have raised culturally sensitive concerns. Catriona Purcell investigates. Full Story | Published 22/09/2005.
Lab Notes is the ABC Science Online education site. It provides science teachers with educational resources and information based on the ABC's science programming, whether on TV, Radio or Online. Full Story | Published 15/09/2005.
Come spring a number of tropical marine creatures hitch a ride on Australia's two major south-flowing currents, including fish, algae, rock lobster, tuna, and turtles. The warm currents flowing south along the west and east coasts allow coral reefs to grow at low latitudes and keep swimming pleasant from spring to autumn. Full Story | Published 08/09/2005.
How much do you know about sex? Find out with our new sex quiz. Fifteen questions will test your knowledge of sex, health and relationships. Use your score to start a conversation! Full Story | Published 01/09/2005.
When people talk about saving the planet, the word nuclear doesn't often crop up. Yet recently there's been an explosion of interest worldwide in the role of nuclear power in mitigating manmade climate change. Kathy Graham investigates. Full Story | Published 01/09/2005.
Desalination, a drought-proof water source or a sustainability nightmare? We asked for your questions on desalination and selected the most intriguing ones. Here are the answers from some of Australia's top experts. Full Story | Published 25/08/2005.
To celebrate Science Week we're releasing On the road with the Sleek Geeks - five short online videos of the Sleek Geek Tour 2003 tour to Perth, Albany, Bernie, Hobart and Orange. Find out what Karl and Adam get up to behind the scenes. Full Story | Published 15/08/2005.
Across Australia, mosses and lichens are starting to reproduce and spread themselves around. Lichen are the termites of the plant world, but also used to be the source of the colour purple! Mosses, on the other hand, are a garden's friend, holding soil together and keeping in moisture. Full Story | Published 11/08/2005.
A decade is a long time on the internet! Ian Allen looks at how things have changed since the ABC's first official website, Hot Chips, went online in 1995. Full Story | Published 04/08/2005.
The Great Barrier Reef has faced many natural and man-made challenges over the years, but the effects of global warming may be its biggest challenge yet. Jacquie van Santen spoke to scientists on the frontline. Full Story | Published 28/07/2005.
Get caught up in the podcasting frenzy in a sciencey way. Download science audio at your leisure or have it magically delivered when you subscribe via RSS feed. Full Story | Published 21/07/2005.
Deep down we're all addicts, but journalist Duncan McKimm discovers that our addictions turn out to be an ancient strategy for surviving, gone horribly wrong. Full Story | Published 14/07/2005.
Australia's animals and plants are already reacting to climate change. Fairy penguins are breeding earlier, gum trees are flowering at different times and birds are migrating prematurely. Abbie Thomas reveals that there's something afoot in the world of nature - the times really are a changing! Full Story | Published 07/07/2005.
Think you're too old, too unfit, too overweight, or too disabled to exercise? Don't kid yourself - almost anyone can benefit from getting active. Full Story | Published 07/07/2005.
In the movie What the Bleep Do We Know?, physicists, biologists and the occasional chiropractor tell us how quantum physics and neuroscience support their views on consciousness. But is reality really in the eye of the quantum observer? Bernie Hobbs checks out the reality of the science behind the film's claims. Full Story | Published 30/06/2005.
How well do you know your Earth? Read the feature, do the quiz and take the journey to drill right through to the centre of the Earth with the Lab's Heather Catchpole. Full Story | Published 23/06/2005.
We asked for your analogies to describe Einstein's three seminal theories published in 1905. Now it's time to vote for your favourite analogy. Full Story | Published 16/06/2005.
Birds do it, bees do it - and humans too. Cheat on their partners, that is - despite the terrible consequences. Dr Peter Lavelle asks is there a reason why we're sometimes sexually unfaithful? Researchers believe the answer might lie in our primitive biological instincts. Full Story | Published 09/06/2005.
How did humans evolve from our distant ancestors and how do hobbits fit into the picture? We asked for your questions on humans, hobbits and Neanderthals and selected the most frequently asked and most intriguing ones. Here are the answers from some of Australia's top experts. Full Story | Published 02/06/2005.
Are you an Einstein in the making? Or maybe a Marie Curie "I'll discover this if it kills me" type? Full Story | Published 02/06/2005.
Watch people who love their work talk about what they do and how they got there. This week: Cancer Researcher, Samantha Oakes Full Story | Published 26/05/2005.
It's bad enough in the cities, but depression, anxiety and other mental health problems are even worse in rural and regional Australia. Is there a solution? Full Story | Published 19/05/2005.
Visiting a family of dinosaurs to find them alive and well has to be one of the highlights of reporting for ABC Science. Mark Horstman still can't believe his luck as he abseils back in time. Full Story | Published 19/05/2005.
Einstein was inspired to explain the nature of light when he looked at the photoelectric effect. We asked for your photos that illustrated the nature of light and got some truly inspiring results. Full Story | Published 12/05/2005.
Massive crustal movements have been big news lately. We asked for your questions on earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes and selected the most frequently asked and most intriguing ones. Here are the answers from some of Australia's top experts. Full Story | Published 28/04/2005.
The days when medicines were designed as though we all respond the same way are rapidly coming to an end. Full Story | Published 21/04/2005.
Albert Einstein is experiencing a revival. A hundred years after his brilliant discoveries of 1905, he's being held up as the figurehead of the International Year of Physics. But why was 1905 such a great year for Einstein? Heather Catchpole seeks the science behind the hype. Full Story | Published 14/04/2005.
In April, forests along Australia's south-east are full of the love hungry hoots of our largest owl - the Powerful Owl. These champion hunters are now getting ready to settle down and make babies. Full Story | Published 07/04/2005.
Ageing. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen. We look at the biological causes of ageing, how it affects our wellbeing, and so-called anti-ageing 'treatments' - do they work, or are we being conned? Full Story | Published 07/04/2005.
Climate change is one of the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. We asked for your questions on climate change and selected the most frequently asked and the most intriguing ones. Here are the answers from some of Australia's top climate change experts. Full Story | Published 31/03/2005.
Mobiles, music players and PDA's have freed up the way we communicate and entertain ourselves, but now we're travelling around with absolutely truckloads of information. Judy Friedlander looks at just how information heavy we've become. Full Story | Published 17/03/2005.
Whether you are an amateur astronomer or a relative newby to the thrills of stargazing, 2005 is shaping up to be an astronomical year for Southern Hemisphere sky watchers. Full Story | Published 10/03/2005.
The blinding rains and gusty winds of severe storms can strike at anytime, from summer to winter. While storm season for most of eastern Australia comes to a close with the end of summer, in northern Australia the peak time for these awesome events is just beginning. Full Story | Published 03/03/2005.
In today's world, scientists hope nanotechnology will be the technological saviour of the century, making things smaller, faster, stronger, cheaper and more powerful than ever before. But as Amanda Armstrong find out, it has a dark side, too. Full Story | Published 17/02/2005.
Food allergies can range from annoying to life-threatening. They continue to baffle even experts in the field. And be warned, they can strike at any time. Full Story | Published 17/02/2005.
It's been almost thirty years since the last mission to the Moon's surface, but the rocks brought back still create controversy. Mark Horstman digs deeper. Full Story | Published 10/02/2005.
Dragonflies are among the most beautiful and fascinating of our summer visitors. All over Australia these multicoloured predators spend summer emerging from their watery nurseries. While these ancient creatures can be found across most of Australia, the more primitive giant dragonflies are a bit more elusive. Full Story | Published 03/02/2005.
A convenient carrier or a marine killer? Heather Catchpole takes a look at why bags should no longer be tossed out with the garbage. Full Story | Published 27/01/2005.
To capture the variety of the Australian summer we asked you to send in some of the spectacular nature photos you took over the break. Here we share your beautiful, interesting and rare Australian nature experiences with the rest of Scribbly Gum. Full Story | Published 20/01/2005.
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