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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
 ...c attention due to a vast ad campaign, but there is no doubt there exists a possibility of other pills causing the upper mentioned side effects.
This labeling campaign was caused by a warning by the Australian authorities. In Australia Ambien is being sold under the trademark of Stilnox.
There have been 16 reports of unusual side effects of consuming sleeping pills in Australia and they were not limited to driving or ea... |
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No PowerPoint, please! |
 ...Scientists from the New South Wales University in Australia have studied, again, the effects Microsoft PowerPoint has on viewers of presentations made with the help of this software.
The Australian scientists think that according to the "cognitive load theory" the human brain cannot receive and 'decode' visual and audio information at the same time for longer than a few seconds. Thus information consisting of diagrams an... |
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Mysterious |
 ...ast time a change was made on the page was April 14, which means that the "RIP" message was left before the girls were found missing.
Rebekah Horne, who is currently the general manager of MySpace Australia, mentioned that no one could place the text without knowing the password and the e-mail of the page's owner. The text was placed outside of the comments area.
Yesterday, in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, the... |
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Farmer Feeds Viagra to Oysters to Create the Ultimate Aphrodisiac |
 ...A farmer from Australia believes he has developed a technique able to produce the ultimate aphrodisiac - he feeds his shellfish Viagra.
George May, who is an oyster farmer, stated that the natural qualities of the oyster combined with Viagra, which is one of the best modern pharmaceutical drug to raise sexual desire, can in fact turn into a multi-million dollar market. The 59 years old farmer mentioned that feeding an... |
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Australia in Danger of Terrorist Attacks? |
 ...Five cities of Australia are featured on the list of the top 10 English-speaking cities for Google search on bomb-making. Australia ranked second after New Zealand in search volumes, according to Nick O'Brien, a counter-terrorism associate professor.
The top 10 list includes Auckland and New Plymouth in New Zealand ranked highest; Perth in Australia -third, Brisbane - fourth, Adelaide - sixth, Melbourne - seventh and S... |
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Road Hogs: Is it Speed, Size or Life that Matters? |
 ...Are you the one who thinks that speeding is cool and macho? Be aware: new ads in Australia suggest the desire to be a speed-merchant is a way to compensate for a modest size of one's manhood.
The latest anti-speeding campaign have questioned the size of manhood of young Australian men addicted to speed-driving. In the new television ads a young man roars past some ladies who look scornfully to their friends wiggling ... |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Saturday, 00:00 - Sales Start |
 ...rldwide, after the iPhone, is the last book of adventures of Harry Potter and his friends.
The sales of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" began on Friday night. Fans in America, England, Australia, Peru and Ireland were eager to find out what the adventure will end with. But first they had to get the book.
John Howells, spokesman at Waterstone's, London's Piccadilly, said that the fans were expected to ap... |
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Van Gogh's $25 Million Painting Is a Fake |
| ...The officials from The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, say that the only artwork by Van Gogh found in the gallery is in fact a fake.
Gerard Vaughan, the director of the gallery, stated that a group of specialists from Amsterdam tested the Van Gogh painting, called "Head Of A Man" and their final word was that it was not painted by the famous Dutch Master.
Although claiming "Head Of A Man" was n... |
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The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think |
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Nutrition
Brian Wansink of Cornell University, once questioned the limits of human appetite and studied the topic by feeding people with a self-refilling, bottomless bowl of soup.
Literature
Australian woman scientist Glenda Browne of Blaxland, Blue Mountains made a significant contribution studying the word "the" and resolving many resolve issues regarding it, such as when you try to put things into alphabetical... |
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4D Ultrasounds Challenge Abortion Laws |
 ... latest 4D ultrasounds that can give video-like images of the foetus will change the views on the time when the foetus can be considered a person.
Dr Kristin Savell, of the University of Sydney, Australia, says that people would be more willing to change current regulations on late-term abortions.
The 4D scan gives a strong visual imagery giving a video-quality view of the foetus in real time. With this scientifi... |
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Every Third Woman Would Have Real Sex with Her Virtual Partner |
 ...Every fourth Australian woman is ready to have unprotected sex on the first date, claims the research conducted by the Australian Sexuality Research and Social Policy organization.
In addition the research found that every third woman would have intimate relationship with her virtual partner, she found on various web resources, such as Facebook, LiveJournal and other social resources, says Ninemsn.
Moreover, 27% of wome... |
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Earth Hour Will be Marked Worldwide |
| ...aking some action against global warming.
Earth Hour is a campaign that urges people worldwide to express their concern for global warming. The fist city that took part in the campaign was Sydney, Australia to reduce the greenhouse emissions by five percent in 2007. The event took part at 7.30pm to 8.30pm on 31 March 2007 with other countries from the UK, South Africa and New Zealand joining the campaign.
Next yea... |
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Related Couples Have More Children |
 ...he number of children declined if woman married her eight cousin, resulting in 3,3 children and 7,3 grandchildren on average.
Alan Bittles, a community geneticist of Murdoch University in Perth, Australia says that despite the findings, it should be warned that social and economic factors may also play their role. Bittles says that larger number of children can be explained by the fact that in case of inbreeding, mo... |
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People Wearing Glasses Are More Intelligent |
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However, scientists say that short-sightedness is more likely to be linked to intelligence and open-mindedness.
The study conducted at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Eye Research Australia tried to find personality traits linked to myopia. During the study 633 twins and a comparative group of 278 members of families with myopia answered the questionnaires on their personality traits. Those people who ... |
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An eighth-grader boy charged of felony wanton endangerment |
 ... lead to very severe reactions and in some cases even death. Among the possible symptoms of such a reaction medics list welts, hives and swelling, which can lead to restricting airways. A 13-year-old Australian boy, who died earlier this month at a school camp due to an allergic reaction to peanuts, has demonstrated the seriousness of allergy to peanuts.
A press release of the school's representatives informed that the... |
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