Summer time and the growing is easy…
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini and capsicums, will be ripening in the summer heat and sun, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Lifestyle
All about life in Canberra
"I felt humiliated but partly victorious in that I’d kept the wine aloft in my left hand," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER, after surviving a fall in a Sydney wine shop.
Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
You’re hot? I’m cold! CHRISTIAN MORO & CHARLOTTE PHELPS explain why our office temperature preferences can be vastly different to our colleagues’.
Wine
Carla’s winning ways with blended wine
When Carla Rodeghiero, owner of Canberra Region winery Sapling Yard, entered her blended red 2023 wine, The Extrovert, into the Australian and NZ Boutique Wine Awards, she knew “it would probably get something”.
Lifestyle
Going to war on a pyramid of mum’s soft pillows
CityNews cartoonist PAUL DORIN bursts into sentimental prose as he remembers his earliest encounters with cushions and pillows… and, of course, pillow fights.
Lifestyle
Here’s the science to making a dog happy
The science of happier dogs: MIA COBB has five tips to help your canine friends live their best life.
Who doesn't love playing Monopoly? Maybe not this version, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
A newly identified fossil species – named Skiphosoura bavarica – from Germany has unlocked some of the history of ancient flying reptiles, reports WILL DUNHAM in Washington.
Toy farm sets aren't what they used to be, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Using a fan and wetting the skin reduces risk of deadly cardiac strain in hot and humid weather, but older people should avoid using fans in very hot and dry conditions.
New research suggests that adding a small amount of physical activity – such as uphill walking or stair-climbing – into your day may help to lower blood pressure.
With more than 3600 scientists across 100 countries collaborating, there is progress toward an ambitious atlas of human cells, reports WILL DUNHAM in Washington.
Weighted blankets are a popular choice to warm up in cold weather, but research on their effectiveness is limited, says science writer ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN in New York.
The most rapid hair greying usually happens between ages 50 and 60. But does anything we do speed up the process? And is there anything we can do to slow it down? THERESA LARKIN has the science.
As Hobart marks the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge collapse, its most famous survivor and a historian recount the night the deadly disaster unfolded.
What better way to start the New Year in the garden than with a project of, say, designing and building a sensory garden, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
There are two main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do, write HUNTER BENNETT & LEWIS INGRAM.
Most adults will gain half a kilo this year – and every year. NICK FULLER explains how to stop ‘weight creep’.
