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The water was warm, the temperature soaring and the sand scorching, but nothing was quite as hot as the chemistry between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher on their romantic Caribbean holiday. Wearing matching black swimsuits, the couple were inseparable as they sunbaked, snorkelled and swam. At one stage, Ashton, 33, was even unable to control […]

Question: I have tried numerous different ways to boil eggs, but each time the yolk is either too hard or the white is undercooked, and it is not until you cut open the egg that you know! Please can you tell me how I should boil eggs to achieve a nice runny yolk to dip […]

Children with ADHD should be placed on special diets to identify foods that may trigger disruptive behaviour before behaviour-changing drugs are considered, Dutch researchers have recommended. Researchers from the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands found that significant improvements were found when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were given a controlled […]

A recent survey has revealed Australians disapprove of IVF sex selection but would prefer a “balanced” family with one girl and one boy. The study, led by Dr Rebecca Kippen from the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, found that 69 percent of respondents disapproved of the use of IVF for sex […]

The ‘bankrupt’ duchess is living it up in exclusive resorts, writes Sebastian Van Der Zwan. For someone more than $150,000 in the red, who vowed to do everything she could to clear her massive debts, Sarah Ferguson hardly seems to be leading a frugal lifestyle. Just days after flashing wads of cash at an expensive […]

Sue McIntosh reveals that her famous son no longer speaks to her after ‘betraying’ his family to make millions, Rose Fydler reports. Jason Donovan’s mum Sue McIntosh was home alone in Melbourne the day she found out she was going to be a grandmother for the third time. In what would be a surreal moment […]

Chef David Thompson explains how he was part of a movement that changed attitudes to Thai food in Australia. His latest trick is to take Thai food back to the Thais. “Australian Thai food was simply bad years ago,” Thompson says. “I remember dining at a restaurant called Siam in 1979 which was one of […]

You already know that too many soft drinks are bad for your teeth and your waistline, but now a study published in the Journal of Hepatology has also linked them to liver damage, specifically non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which may in turn lead to insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease, and even liver cancer. In […]

A sparkling diamond knuckle-duster or a pair of pretty gold earrings says a lot about your style and taste. But, when it comes to human rights and the environment, there is another side to jewellery — and it’s not pretty. For decades, precious metals and stones have been mined in some of the world’s poorest […]

They say that inner beauty radiates to the surface. But without a warm complexion, smooth textured skin and fewer wrinkles, many of us find it difficult to feel our beauty glow. From ancient Egyptian times women have used cosmetics to beautify themselves and through the ages creams and lotions have been the key to youthful […]