Seatbelts first became compulsory in Australia in the early 70’s. In the late 70’s the first car with anti-locking braking was produced. In the mid 80’s child restraints became law. By the end of the 80’s airbags became common place for the driver. By the end of the 90’s safety standards were standardised under ANCAP. Today features such as electronic stability control, blind spot detection, reversing cameras, pedestrian and traffic detection, adaptative cruise control,

Any trip to the local supermarket in search for some cleaning agent that will remove spots, stains or blemishes from clothing will take you down an aisle of multiple choices. Each claiming some enzyme, some chemical, some combination, that will miraculously remove the spot, so you never knew it was there. It is amusing to watch adds that suggest such products have an intrinsic intelligence, as if they were capable of cognitive thought as they search diligently for the speci

Have you ever noticed how one piece of bad fruit seems to contaminate the other fruit that are near it? The fruit, especially apples & pears, produce a gaseous hormone called ethylene, which is, among other things, a ripening agent. When you store fruits together, the ethylene each piece emits prods the others around it to ripen further, and vice versa. The riper a piece of fruit is, the more ethylene it produces, and overripe fruit gives off even more ethylene, eventually

Growing up I played Australian rules football. But I was also interested in other sports, such as hockey, athletics, even rugby union. My brothers and I, along with other kids in the neighbourhood would set up games of either Aussie rules or rugby and play it out on our front lawn. But if you’re going to excel at something, you need to focus on that thing. Once that occurs it becomes difficult to transition to another code. We’ve seen that with Rugby league players tryin

Many Parents hope that their children will grow up and adopt the values and love shown in the family home. It’s not always the case, in fact it would seem more and more these days such is far from reality, but I suspect it is still the ideal for many parents. There’s a quiet sense of pride to see children grow, and succeed, especially in areas the parent is passionate about. To see them become independent people, yet at the same time bear resemblance to the family from whe