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The night before I meet Connie and Samuel Johnson, I watch the Disney movie Frozen. If you haven’t seen it, the basic premise is that an act of true love can overcome anything. As I watch Connie, 37, and Sam, 36, at our shoot the next day, that’s stuck in ...

1. 3-D printed food A machine that “prints” your food in 3-D is like something straight out of 1960s futuristic cartoon The Jetsons. These gadgets, several of which are being tested around the world, use ingredients as edible ink, usually in a dried powder or paste form. The most success ...

Bread, cereals and protein powders could be boasting an extra ingredient or two in the next few years – insects. That’s the prediction from a growing number of experts investigating how to feed the fast-booming world population. But for the squeamish among you, don’t panic that you’ll be crunching into ...

Twenty years from now, there will be almost 10 million more people living in Australia. We’ll all be living longer, working longer, and there will be more multi-generational households than ever before. The teenagers of today, who have never known a world without mobile technology, will be the dominant consumers. ...

If asked to guess the dirtiest place in the house, the top answers would be the toilet seat or garbage bin, right? True, they can be grimy if not cleaned regularly, but according to the experts, it’s not these usual suspects that are havens for tiny disease-causing organisms. Here are ...

Iron deficiency is more than just a small dietary problem that leaves you feeling a bit tired – experts describe it as the most debilitating nutritional deficiency today. With more than two billion sufferers globally, this condition has even prompted the World Health Organization to form a plan of action. ...

In Australia’s biggest cities there should be little need to own your own car – you can share with neighbours on your street, pick one up by the hour, or ride-share to work. If you need a lawnmower or drill, just head down to OpenShed. Plus, there are all sorts ...

Nothing beats slipping into a pair of comfy pjs before bed but how often do you actually wash them? It seems not washing your pyjamas for more than a week could mean you’re sharing the bed with the bacteria from the skin cells that you have shed. This leaves you ...

In Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia, people have used birch water as a herbal pick-me-up for years. Recently, it’s appeared in cafes and health-food stores in the US, and now it’s reached Australia. The “water” comes from birch trees that grow predominantly in the northern hemisphere. One major producer has ...

“Like many men, I wasn’t aware how food affected the way I felt about myself and my world until I met my girlfriend, actress Zoe Tuckwell-Smith. Before that I smoked, drank Coke and loved Tim Tams. When Zoe fell pregnant, healthy eating became even more important and I noticed how ...