Good Weekend

Vali Clarke and her selfie using Snapchat's dog-face filter: "(teenage girls') social media doesn't necessarily ...

How social media changed everything for teen girls

Being a teenager is hard enough without navigating the whirlpools of Instagram and Snapchat. A group of girls reveals how the intricate online codes of selfies, emojis and likes actually work.

Professor George Jelinek at the University of Melbourne, November 2016.

The quest

  An MS diagnosis looked like a tragic case of history repeating itself- but Professor George Jelinek dig deep into old research- and came up with a plan.

Illustration by Maya Beus.

On the nose

  The chemicals used to give products their fragrance are increasingly linked to a range of serious health issues, including allergies, headaches and cancer

UPFRONT

Vivien Thomson has self-published Ashed of Firefighters, about the long-term effects of fighting fires.

Vivien Thomson

As both a farmer and a firefighter, this woman has more skin in the climate-change game than most.

Track by track, life moved to an intense beat.

Mix tapes

They were more than a collection of songs. They were a unique way to communicate my feelings.

Ellen and Alex Briggs live on acreage with twin sons at Mullumbimby.

Ellen and Alex Briggs

Comedian Ellen Briggs and her husband Alex, a MotoGP mechanic, are separated by his job for much of the year.

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Third-hand smoke

Can I ask a smoker to wash their hands before holding my baby?

Benjamin Law.

DNA testing

Why I felt compelled to buy a DNA testing kit.

FOOD

 Rocket and prosciutto pizza.

Summer pizza

Neil Perry's rocket and prosciutto pizza, and cherry pudding.