There’s some definite overtones of The Road here, if you became the last person on Earth, what would you do?
The world is going to be vastly different in only 5-years time. Buildings will collapse from non-maintained roofs. Cars and Trucks won’t operate off of stale fuel. Uncut lawns will overgrow and cripple streets along [...]

The inaugural Australian Film Festival wrapped up last Sunday, 7 March, with The Spot Food & Film Festival, which took place on the streets outside the Ritz Cinema in Randwick, Sydney.
The Australian Film Festival
Unlike events such as the Melbourne International Film Festival, or the Sydney Film Festival, which present a mix of local and international [...]

It may be possible to gauge whether someone you are negotiating with has reached a decision based on the dilation of the pupils of their eyes.
It turns out that when people make decisions, their pupils dilate, a subtle cue that could be used to predict a person’s intentions, or even converse with people with [...]

The web version of a print magazine is more likely to make money if it is managed by a web editor rather than being left in the hands of the publication’s editor-in-chief, according to a recent survey.
From among the magazine websites that do not make a profit, the survey found that it was nearly [...]

The categories for the Meta Awards have been announced…
Most Confused That These Are the Meta Awards, Not The Mehindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, and About to Be Further Confused That He/She Has Won This Very Award, Even Though He/She Is Clearly in the Wrong Place

Some of the concerns during Mars 500, an experiment that will simulate a 500 day voyage to the planet Mars, are how the mock crew will handle the effects of isolation, boredom, and being confined solely to a very small spaceship like environment during the “journey”.
With up to 100 experiments to carry out during the [...]

An interactive audio representation of the – sometimes very tight – finishes to some of the events at the recent Winter Olympics.
In some cases judges had to work out who crossed the finish line, and in what order, from a field of ten or more competitors, within the space of a second.
The individual silver [...]

A few pointers from Tim Harford on writing non-fiction:
At the moment, having done much of my research, I’m trying to do 300 words every day as a minimum. This low target means that no matter what other commitments I have, I have no excuse not to skim through what I wrote yesterday and add [...]

Here’s one way of making money through the sharemarket without actually investing in any stocks, bet on what the value of ASX index will be at the end of each month.
From today Australians can place a bet on where the S&P/ASX 200, the index of the nation’s 200 biggest listed companies, will finish at [...]

Adhere to these 11 pointers and you may just live to see your one-hundredth birthday:

Drink green tea
Floss
Embrace new technology
Lie in
Laugh
Be outgoing
Eat nuts
Do not smoke
Have a baby later in life
Take more holidays
Drink a little wine

Via Chris Glass.
Also, from New Scientist, people who smile like they mean it tend to live longer lives than who fake [...]