How to speak drunklish

AMANDA HOH 2:51pm Ever been stuck trying to reason with someone who is behaving irrationally after too many drinks? Here's how to speak their language.

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Space

Fresh discovery on Mars points to possibility of past life

Kelly Hayward 9:30am Evidence of fresh water that could potentially have once sustained life has been discovered in an ancient crater on Mars.

Bushfires: Nature is no match for man

Alexandra Smith Almost 150 fines and 2800 formal warning letters were sent to people who threw cigarette butts from cars in the final three months of last year, including while bushfires were raging in the Blue Mountains.

New Australian of the Year Parsu Sharma-Luital decries asylum seeker policies

Nick Toscano Inaugural New Australian of the Year urges federal government to repair its record of 'punishing innocent people' with heavy-handed asylum seeker policies.

New Sydney Symphony program TunED-Up is music to primary teachers' ears

Lane Sainty The room is full of grins and xylophones, with twenty pairs of hands tapping out different tunes, all converging in a melodious harmony.

Uniting Church puts pressure on ANZ over child labour link

Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie The Uniting Church's investment arm wants answers from ANZ about the bank's financing of a Cambodian sugar plantation that has involved child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages.

Expert wants climate change study introduced in younger school years

Tom Arup, Benjamin Priess Climate change should be taught to all students from middle primary school and be embedded in a range of subjects, a senior science curriculum authority says.

Top role took former foreign minister Bob Carr on journey of a lifetime

HEATH ASTON It reads like the bucket list of a dedicated sightseer. Except Bob Carr managed to tick off some of the world's must-see tourist and cultural destinations in just 19 months as foreign minister.

Bill Shorten says Tony Abbott is hiding plans for big cuts from Griffith voters

MARK KENNY Labor leader Bill Shorten has promised to be positive and has called on his frontbench to present the ALP as the party of ideas against a government he says is already running out of policy options.

Coalition MP Ken O'Dowd claims welfare recipients scamming system

JONATHAN SWAN An Abbott government MP has accused dole recipients of trying to ''screw the system'', saying they are too self-interested to bother attending community meetings.

Signature links Craig Thomson to brothel receipts, court told

Adam Cooper, Mark Russell Signatures on brothel receipts paid for by union-issued credit cards matched samples of Craig Thomson's handwriting, court documents show.

Tony Abbott uses global stage to take a swipe at Labor over financial crisis

MARK KENNY Prime Minister Tony Abbott has used his contribution to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to criticise Labor's stimulus spending during the global financial crisis while also calling on the US to tread carefully as it tapers its own stimulus measures.

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Drinks industry representatives reject AMA's calls for alcohol summit

DAN HARRISON Alcohol industry representatives have rejected the medical profession's call for a national summit to tackle an ''epidemic'' of booze-related harm.

Climate change a subject for students of all ages, says Dr Vaille Dawson

Tom Arup and Benjamin Priess Climate change should be taught to all students from primary school and be embedded in a range of subjects, a senior science curriculum expert says.

Science

Study of African fish helps scientists crack the origin of breathing

BRIDIE SMITH 9:46pm The overlooked 'nose' of an African fish forces scientists to look at the fossil record with new eyes.