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Have you ever wondered why most engineers are men while most nurses are women? A new study suggests that is has nothing to do with societal pressure and everything to do with hormones. Psychologists at Penn State University have investigated why certain professions are predominantly one sex. Related: Fitness fanatics likely to have higher sex […]

Big is beautiful but fat should not be in fashion. That statement, made by The Australian’s fashion editor Damien Woolnough last week, sparked fierce debate in The Weekly office. It started with Myer’s plus-size runway show at Fashion Festival Sydney, showcasing their size 16-24 clothes. While most of the models in the show were professional […]

Despite being one of the most talked-about celebrities, Jennifer Aniston says she gets a kick out of gossip tabloids. The Horrible Bosses star admits to flipping through the pages of tabloid magazines from time to time and told Glamour magazine she doesn’t take the articles too seriously. “There’s not nearly as much stealing and obsessing […]

Elizabethby J. Randy Taraborrelli, Pan Macmillan, $24.95. The obituary writers were probably right when they claimed Elizabeth Taylor was the last Hollywood icon, but she was also the first celebrity to live every moment of her life publicly. Operations, romances, tragedies, break-ups, rehab, never before had a star shared everything with the world. Yet Taraborrelli […]

Who says age is a barrier? Some of Tinseltown’s finest have hit the 60 mark without as much as a blink of an eyelid. Actresses like Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren are being offered some of Hollywood’s biggest roles and being rewarded with Academy Awards. While others still are making their mark through philanthropic work. […]

Three years ago, on her first visit to Australia, Nigella was having breakfast at Earth Food Store in Bondi, as she did every day, when she was approached by a good-looking young man. “Blue-eyed and dark-haired,” she says. “He came up to me shyly and said, ‘I spoke to my father last night and apparently […]

Despite fashion faux pas and their parents’ very public indiscretions, fun-loving Beatrice and Eugenie have come of age and are now more popular than ever, writes Katie Nicholl. Keeping up with the newest, brightest, most glamorous member of the royal family is no easy task, but Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie seem to be doing a […]

There’s a shocking black market in Australian schools, with the ADHD drug Ritalin changing hands for up to $20 a pill, reports Jordan Baker. With his HSC looming, the teenager was buckling under the pressure. Nerves and too much coffee left him sleepless, anxious and distracted. By the first exam, he was so strung out, […]

Drinking to excess may be socially acceptable, but women are feeling the ill effects. Professor Kerryn Phelps says its high time we changed our habits. It’s as Australian as kangaroos and a day at the footy to “like a drink”. The problem is, too many Australian women like alcohol way too much — to the […]

Peter Wojcik’s wife was 23 weeks pregnant when tragedy struck — she was diagnosed with cancer. Here, Peter shares his bittersweet story of finding love again and building a new family. Not a day goes past that I don’t think about Ellice. I’d never met anyone quite like her before. She would light up a […]