Image credit: TV3 NZ Dolphin rescues stranded NZ whales A dolphin has guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said. […] A dolphin, named Moko… Read More ›
Life
What way do you see her spin?
I missed this last October, butaccording to the Herald-Sun (in what is till one of their most-emailed stories), whether you see the dancer spin clockwise or anticlockwise indicates which hemisphere of your brain is dominant. I’m curious as to which… Read More ›
How to reduce teen pregnancies
Teen Pregnancy Decline: Teenage pregnancy rates continue to drop in Hackney, new figures reveal. The Office of National Statistics shows the number of teenage pregnancies has dropped by 28 per cent since 1998, compared with a national average of 13… Read More ›
White flight
That’s today’s big story in the SMH: the growing trend over the last decade, in NSW especially, whereby white parents choose not to send their kids to the local public school, particularly for high school education, meaning the public schools… Read More ›
Wednesday Quick Pic(k)s
Oohsome has a couple of groovy women’s-bits jewellery up at the moment. Uterus earrings Oestrogen necklace
Followup: medical rape in Australia
Another rapist doctor has been busted – this time, Toorak dermatologist David Wee Kin Tong, who pled guilty on criminal charges for raping seven women and indecently assaulting another seven. The Victorian Medical Board had previously dismissed two allegations of… Read More ›
Humpday Photos
One of those days. Have an amusing/bemusing photo or two, and yes, you may suggest LOLcaptions. Uploaded by Hoyden About Town, Reuters/Pilar Olivares : Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave accompanied by a cat named Nicolasa at the San… Read More ›
Ms Fits asks:
Christ. Is there anyone currently involved in federal politics who hasn’t taken drugs? and creates the LOLPols to suit. Sweet (and maybe a little scary).
Interesting
Blogging boosts your social life: research
Scientiae carnival blogiversary
Scientiae, the carnival of women in science, engineering and maths just celebrated its first birthday at skookumchick’s place! Hip hip, hooray (and many more…)!
Hoyden About Town 