Smartphone makers are rushing stock to retailers knowing tech-loving shoppers will eagerly hand over their money in the weeks before Christmas.The world’s biggest smartphone - dubbed the phablet - goes on sale in Australia this week.Like other new releases, Samsung’s Galaxy Note II is likely to be snapped up in record numbers.Google sold out of its...

UN scribe secures US$1.5 billion to meet education target - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday secured over US$ 1.5 billion in commitments for a new initiative to make education a top global priority and boost progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on education. Today which gives Education First a boost towards...

Researchers in Australia have found that even those now considered normal are at greater risk of the brain shrinkage that comes with type-2 diabetes and is evident in dementia patients. “We found that even within the normal range, and in people without diabetes, higher sugar levels were associated with greater shrinking of the hippocampus,”...