Students preparing for exams and those in high-pressured jobs are turning to chemical brain boosters to give them an edge. These nootropics or “smart drugs” are described by the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) as “cognitive enhancers”. Essentially, they’re chemical compounds purported to improve memory, alertness and concentration. But do they ...

Jeremy McGhee was 25 when he was hit by a car in 2001, while riding his motorbike to run errands a few blocks from home. “I remember everything about the accident,” he says. “I worked in trauma [as a lifeguard] so I was sort of self-assessing as it was happening. ...

When Kim Kardashian set out to “break the internet” by baring her bottom on the cover of a magazine last year, she could have taken her styling cues from 55-year-old Melbourne man Craig Coombes, for whom posing in his birthday suit is a weekly event. Coombsey, as he’s known to ...