The oldest thing in the world

The oldest living thing on Earth is a massive "meadow" of sea grass growing in the Mediterranean between Spain and Cyprus. It's somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 years old and reproduces by cloning itself. Also, it's being killed by climate change.
The oldest thing in the world

Five Photography Tricks Everyone Should Know

A camera is only as capable as the person using it, but snapping some awesome images doesn’t require years of training. Here are five photography pro tips that everybody ought to know.
Five Photography Tricks Everyone Should Know

How to do Anonymous Surfing? 5 Simple Tips

Search engines and websites follow your every step. Each and every search made on the web will be recorded into a file. And this recording is being systematized more than ever before in the history of web. Then, how can you maintain privacy by not letting your identity?
How to do Anonymous Surfing? 5 Simple Tips

Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2010–11

This publication presents statistics relating to offenders who were proceeded against by police during the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, for all states and territories. These statistics describe the characteristics of offenders, including the principal offence for which offenders were proceeded against. Data are also presented on the number of police-initiated court and non-court actions against offenders.
Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2010–11

Not your average visit to the Zoo

The wackiest animal news from 2011.
Not your average visit to the Zoo

Australian Airports To Get Compulsory Body Scans

In a $28 million security upgrade, new “no scan, no fly” laws are expected to be proposed this week for Aussie international airports — removing the option to request a pat down instead. After trials last year, full body scanners (from the same company used in US checkpoints) will roll out in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Gold Coast and Cairns.
Australian Airports To Get Compulsory Body Scans

This Is The Best Way To Tie Your Shoelaces

The clip is a short presentation by Terry Moore at 2005′s TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference. Moore runs New York’s Radius Foundation, which I could try to explain, but is better described by the company itself: “[seeking] new ways of exploring and understanding dissimilar conceptual systems or paradigms”. One of those systems appears to be shoelace-tying, which you’ve likely been doing wrong your whole life, according to Moore.
This Is The Best Way To Tie Your Shoelaces

Increase Your Dropbox Space By 4.5 Gigabyte

We have talked about Dropbox’s new camera import feature previously which allows you to import photos from digital cameras that you connect directly to your PC to your Dropbox storage. This can be useful if you use Dropbox to store your photos anyway. Free users may run into space issues pretty soon though, as individual photos these days take up Megabytes of free space.
Increase Your Dropbox Space By 4.5 Gigabyte

A Secret To More Happiness And Energy? Give Yourself A Bedtime

Children have a fixed bedtime; we know they need their allotment of sleep, and we pack them off to bed when it's time. But many adults just go to bed whenever they feel like it.
The problem with this approach is that it's far too easy to stay up too late. The TV, the internet, your email, your book...these distractions keep you alert past the point at which you should head to bed. Many of us know we ought to go to sleep sooner, but we just can't manage to pull it off.
A Secret To More Happiness And Energy? Give Yourself A Bedtime

Dashlane

Dashlane is your Personal Internet Assistant. It offers a comprehensive feature set to facilitate your life on the Internet. Dashlane is Simple, Secure and Trusted.
Dashlane Features

Unexplained 60 meter object resting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Sonar readings show that the mysterious object is about 60 meters across, or, about the size of a jumbo jet. And it's not alone.
Unexplained 60 meter object resting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea near Sweden

Aussie Solar Storm Pic Is Pretty And Informative

If I recall the saying correctly, “Red sky at night… mean that the sheep are on fire.”. This isn’t a case of burning quadrupeds, though, but a shot taken by NASA near Flinders of Last week’s Solar storm. And it’s not just a good looking shot.
Aussie Solar Storm Pic Is Pretty And Informative

Avoid The Most Common Regrets Of The Dying

An Australian palliative care nurse catalogued the regrets of her dying patients, and identified the most common issues. Workaholics take note: not spending enough time at work was not among them.
Avoid The Most Common Regrets Of The Dying

Syncly Automatically Uploads Your Mobile Photos to Dropbox

Android: Don’t stress about syncing your Android phone to get the photos off, Syncly will take care of all your photo transfer needs automatically.
Syncly Automatically Uploads Your Mobile Photos to Dropbox

How To Be The Bearer Of Bad News

Nobody likes bad news, and delivering it is an uncomfortable job that comes with the very real possibility of ruining someone else’s day. Unfortunately, it’s often necessary. We have a tendency to be a little selfish and prolong the inevitable when offering up unfavourable tidings, but that’s the wrong way to do it. Here’s a better way.
How To Be The Bearer Of Bad News

See a Video of the Dark Side of the Moon for the First Time

One of NASA’s twin GRAIL spacecrafts has captured a video of Moon’s far side for the first time.
See a Video of the Dark Side of the Moon for the First Time

How To Fix The Stupid Things You Do Online

The internet can bring you a lot of joy, but it can also turn into a world of pain the moment you make one stupid mistake. Perhaps you’ve been feeding the trolls, using “password” as your password, or selling your soul for access to a “free” web app. Your dumb mistakes can come back to bite you in the arse if you aren’t careful. Here’s how you can save yourself from yourself online.
How To Fix The Stupid Things You Do Online

Scanning QR codes can infect your smartphone

Cybercriminals are using QR codes to infect mobile phone with malware in a rapidly growing mobile malware 'industry'.
Scanning QR codes can infect your smartphone

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 3/2012

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 3/2012

‘You Can’t Cure Obesity With Bigger Pants’

Sometimes we shove problems aside because we don’t have time to deal with them. We’ve all been there. Or we come up with a change — like buying bigger pants — that makes a problem like sneaky weight gain less uncomfortable, but as Mr Money Mustache reminds us, this is really no cure.
‘You Can’t Cure Obesity With Bigger Pants’