Signs of the Times

November 2006 Issue | Vol 121 No 11

Articles in This Issue:

Buckets of Trouble

A moment of gardening innovation for Scott Wegener led to an afternoon of scientific challenge-and a moment of enlightenment.

Death at the Oscars

When you have a false foundation, you are bound to build a askew

Review: God on My Side - Andrew Denton

In his first cinematic documentary excursion, God on My Side, Andrew Denton tackles a big topic

Six Dieting Myths Busted

Health-and-fitness writer Andrew Cate takes a closer look at six dieting beliefs that shape up more like fairytales.

Family Smarts

How do super-parents keep up? Helen Racanelli checks out 10 secrets of high energy parents.

Representing God

Representing God is a big ask, so it's little wonder the church lets God down so often. But, says Graeme Loftus, it's still the church's most important task.

Medical Hotline: November 2006

Medical Hotline with Dr James Wright

It's frightening how your whole world can come crashing down in one short phone call. For Steve and Marion Penny, one phone conversation set in motion what was to become the most challenging yet refining season of their lives.

On Time

There is one thing we can be sure of...

The Case for Personal Integrity Online

Internet Insider with Mark Kellner

Plant foods keep the pressure down

Plant foods protect against increases in blood pressure while red meats stimulate blood pressure to rise in young adults, according to new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Sending the Right Signals

Spreading the message wide

Betting on God

Odds, are you should. When the deck is stacked, the outcome is inevitable. Derek McCutcheon explores the development of probability theory and the eternal implications.

The Search for Meaning

Whether you are Homer of Iliad and Odyssey fame, or Homer of Simpson fame, you will, it seems, ask the same question, "What is the meaning of life?" Bruce Manners leads us on the hero's quest for answers.