Read Alison Moroney's daily stars for Thursday, June 20, 2013.
Daily horoscopes: Thursday, June 20
Life & Style
Retirees feel like they are 30 again, study finds
Retirement makes people feel happier and healthier than they have done at any point since their mid-30s, an ...
Helping a friend with depression or anxiety
You probably know a friend or loved one who is suffering from depression or anxiety, but do you ...
Royal couple won't learn baby's sex until its birth
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have asked not to be told their baby's gender because they want ...
Sex addiction: is it real?
It is a phrase that we hear in public more and more. But is it just an excuse?
The white stuff
It pays to be prepared before you hit the slopes.
Drug crime budgets leave spending on harm reduction way behind
Australia is spending more than a billion dollars each year fighting the ''war on drugs'' but has slashed funding for ...
New medical school ‘to saturate industry’
Rural health chief appointed head of new medical school
Many hearts not fond of absence
Multimedia
Education
Ultranet facing the scrap heap
The disastrous $180 million Victorian school intranet could be scrapped at the end of the month prompting fears ...
Teachers blamed for stress of tests
Agency in charge of national literacy and numeracy tests blames principals and teachers for pressuring students to do well on ...
Food & Wine
Pear and raspberry muffins
Make your child's school lunchbox a tasty experience.
Broccoli, parsley and yoghurt soup
Callum Hann's pep me up soup, jam packed with vegetable goodness.
Pumpkin, pomegranate and cous cous salad
Masterchef Callum Hann takes advantage of the pomegranates season with this colourful salad.
Crisp-roast brussels sprouts
Opinion: Brussels sprouts have had a bad rap for too long
Health
Helping a friend with depression or anxiety
You probably know a friend or loved one who is suffering from depression or anxiety, but do you ...
Myths and realities of domestic violence
The brutal treatment of Nigella Lawson by her wealthy husband has shattered a few myths we hold about ...
Meet the 'fitness whisperer'
Massages, buttery toast, long baths and less workouts... It sounds too good to be true, but Sydney's newest ...
Are you too ashamed to lose weight?
Is the way you think keeping you fat?
Home & Garden
How the west was recreated
Louise King and Brian Henderson bring the wilds of Western Australia to Balnarring.
Confessions of a Gen Y renter
With a high demand for inner-Sydney properties, the rental market is competitive as ever. Stephanie Coombes, having recently ...
Dive into deep blue
Dark blue may be a cool colour, but it's certainly hot in design circles right now.
At home with Shelley Barrett
Now the master of her own ship, this feisty entrepreneur always knew she wouldn't be taking orders from ...
Money
Retirees feel like they are 30 again, study finds
Retirement makes people feel happier and healthier than they have done at any point since their mid-30s, an ...
Renting out part of home
No respite in interest rates on the cards
If you think banks gouge their home-loan customers, spare a thought for the people paying credit card interest.
Stock Market
Pets & Animals
Biodiversity report fails climate change test: ACF
The final report of a cross-party inquiry into Australia's biodiversity and climate change produced only 'weak and ineffective' ...
Trashy tales from the ocean depths
The accumulation of rubbish near the ocean surface is well known, such as the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' ...
Whale of a time over for our monsters of the deep
Moby Dick's descendants are in trouble. Sperm whales are failing to recover from whaling in Australia, 30 years ...
Campaigner takes big stick to feral oysters
The usual tool for dealing with an oyster is a stubby-bladed knife, inserted and twisted to prise the ...
Relationships
Sex addiction: is it real?
It is a phrase that we hear in public more and more. But is it just an excuse?
Online dating dupes people out of millions
Online scams cost Australians more than $93 million last year, with dating scams among the most lucrative.
Many hearts not fond of absence
Don't have FoMO? You're missing out
It might be regarded as the ultimate First World problem, but science may support the existence of a 21st-century malaise, ...
Technology
Australian team maps Moon's hidden craters
Australian scientists say they have identified a possible 280 additional craters on the Moon, a finding they said could shed ...
Ahead in the cloud
Rather than install expensive software on your computer, these days it's often easier to run your applications in the cloud.
Been there, done it best
Thames & Hudson has done Francis Bedford proud with Cairo to Constantinople.
Travel
Snowboarders: dangerous, out-of-control young men?
Win a two-bedroom stay for the Ekka
The Ekka is from August 8-17, and we’ve got a two-night stay to giveaway in a two-bedroom apartment ...
What makes travellers so sexy?
Mid-air explosion: Qantas staff sue for trauma
Qantas flight crew members who were on QF32 when its engine exploded mid-air two years ago have initiated a class ...
World's best airline named as Qantas soars back into top 10
Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013, while Qantas has soared back in to the ...
The big chill: embrace or escape
From sun-filled sojourns to log fire retreats, Belinda Jackson reveals the hottest last-minute winter holidays.
Women
Neil Perry does lamb shanks
The cold winter months ahead are certainly looking less bleak, and definitely more meaty.
Let's discuss that Vice suicide fashion spread
The women in fiction edition of Vice magazine has ignited several debates.
Snapshot of history
A South Australian gentleman shares the lives of six ladies in his latest book.
So long smearing, hello smudging
Writer Donna Kelly is sad that the one cuisine technique she has mastered has ended.