10 Stubborn Body Myths Debunked By Science

Hair grows back thicker when you shave it! Reading in dim light turns you blind! Peeing on a jellyfish sting will soothe the pain! The way our bodies work is a bit of a mystery, and our desire to unlock its secrets has led to a vast amount of misinformation. Many of these false notions are more widely believed than the truth. We took our healthy scepticism and a bunch of research to find the truth behind some of the most common myths about our bodies and our health. Here’s what we learned.
10 Stubborn Body Myths Debunked By Science

Motorized Shoes Let You Go for a Spin

For those hoping for flying cars and jetpacks, a new product is launching at the Consumer Electronics Show that is a huge step for personal mobility: motorized skates that let you zip around at up to 10 mph.
Motorized Shoes Let You Go for a Spin

Exhilarating Film Takes You Through 11 Countries in 1 Minute

Take a look at what director Rick Meriki did last summer: a spectacular one-minute video he made with two of his pals as they traveled to 11 countries over 44 days, walking us through a dazzling variety of cultures, locations and images.
Exhilarating Film Takes You Through 11 Countries in 1 Minute

How to Get the Most Out of Google Analytics

Though the data possibilities seem endless, Google Analytics product manager Phil Mui says the design reflects three core metrics: acquisition, engagement and outcome. Let’s take a closer look at what these numbers mean and how you can track them with one of the most widely used web analytics platforms.
How to Get the Most Out of Google Analytics

Happy News Year!

An exhibition of 64 television news programs from across the globe.
Happy News Year!

9 weeks of weather in 3 minutes

There are facts that just aren't apparent from our everyday perspective. Sometimes, in order to really get a scientific concept at the gut level, you have to seek out a different way to view the world. Do that, and you'll find yourself emotionally gobsmacked by well-known concepts you'd long ago accepted intellectually. For instance, watch this video montage of 9 weeks worth of infrared images from NASA’s GOES-East satellite.
9 weeks of weather in 3 minutes

After a diet, your body might be working against you

The New York Times has a fascinating story about the current state of the science on weight loss, including the results of one recent (albeit small) study that suggests that the human body responds to weight loss by actively trying to regain weight—a finding that could help explain why it's so difficult to maintain significant weight loss, even when you are able to shed pounds.
After a diet, your body might be working against you

NASA scientists say 2012 is safe

Ill-informed, "not-very-smart" so-called experts are playing out many disaster scenarios in 2012. However, NASA “debunks” all of these doomsday predictions such as the Mayan calendar, killer asteroids, Planet X, solar storms, and various other unscientific-based ones.
NASA scientists say 2012 is safe

The Top 10 Photoshop Disasters of 2011

Think you have seen some odd or unusual altered images before now? Then you may want to have a look at the interesting collection that the PS Disasters blog has put together. In it you will see a good mix of obvious and not so obvious alterations that will leave you wondering just what it was that the art departments were thinking.
The Top 10 Photoshop Disasters of 2011

How To Avoid Facebook Timeline Profiles

Facebook recently rolled out a new user profile design that the company calls Timeline. These new profiles change the layout and design of user profiles fundamentally. Facebook Timeline is currently an opt-in option, which means that users need to enable the new feature to turn their profiles into timeline profiles.
How To Avoid Facebook Timeline Profiles

How to Partition and Un-Partition your Hard Drive in Windows

Hard drive partitioning is useful for creating virtual drives and creating disk volumes that can be used for storing particular file types. For example, if you did not want to keep all of your media and documents on Drive (C:), you can create a hard drive partition that will be a new volume separate from (C:). Many users are already familiar with hard drive partitioning, but un-partitioning a hard drive is another issue that some may not be familiar with.
How to Partition and Un-Partition your Hard Drive in Windows

Freaky airplane landing videos

This video shows the approach in to Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport. Closed in 1998, Kai Tak had one of the most challenging landing approaches in the world.
Freaky airplane landing videos

Top ten top ten top ten lists

In celebration of the new year, David "Everything is Miscellaneous" Weinberger has written up his "Top Ten Top Ten Top Ten list" -- a list of ten great lists of top ten lists. He also includes seven articles about why we like top ten lists.
Top ten top ten top ten lists

30 Best Google Doodles of 2011

This year, more than ever, visiting Google’s homepage became a bit of a surprise. Google Doodles have come a long way from the first one, which showed Burning Man’s iconic logo. It’s now become customary to the search engine’s homepage, and last year, we saw many that were colorful, interactive and crazy.
30 Best Google Doodles of 2011

Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]

Even though the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day seems like it might be bereft of technological excitement, those of us at Top 10 Tech This Week discovered that is not the case.
Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]

The Best Windows Software of 2011

This is the third part of the Ghacks best of 2011 series. In this top list, they're going to look at the best software for the Microsoft Windows operating system that they have reviewed in 2011 at Ghacks.
The Best Windows Software of 2011

The 1982 and 1983 Cabinet records

1982 was a difficult year for Malcolm Fraser's Liberal-National Party Coalition government. Like many governments that have survived three elections there was a sense of an ageing ministry that was losing cohesion and determination. Ideological differences were becoming sharpened by personal rivalries and the media reported heated exchanges at some Cabinet meetings. On 8 April tensions between Fraser and Andrew Peacock, who had been Minister for Industrial Relations until his departure from the ministry in April 1981, came to a head. Fraser brought on a vote for the Liberal leadership and defeated Peacock by 54 votes to 27. At the same time John Howard replaced Phillip Lynch as deputy leader.
The 1982 and 1983 Cabinet records

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 1/2012

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 1/2012

8 Amazing Emerging Technologies From 2011

Wi-Fi jammed? It won't be a problem if you're networking through your room lights. You heard right — scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications in Germany worked out a way to transmit data via normal LED light bulbs. Best of all, you can still use them for lighting, since the lights blink on and off too fast for the naked eye to see.
8 Amazing Emerging Technologies From 2011

Lifehacker’s Most Popular Australian Stories Of 2011

Each year, Lifehacker lists the most popular Australian stories from the previous 12 months, and there’s always a surprise or two in there. What tickled your collective fancy this year?
Lifehacker’s Most Popular Australian Stories Of 2011