REVIEW: Exodus: Gods and Kings
Scott has crafted a big picture
By Howard Barbanel
RIDLEY Scott is no Cecil B. DeMille. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. What it means is that Scott’s new epic Exodus: Gods and Kings is as much a product of our high-tech new-millennium era as The Ten Commandments was of the Eisenhower grey-flannel suit period.
NEW YEAR HEALTH CHECK
Four ways to improve brain health
By Anthony Hannan
Head of Neural Plasticity and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
THE human brain is the most extraordinary and complex object in the known universe, a kilogram and a half of soft tissue that, at its peak, leaves computers behind with its endless capacity for problem solving, innovation and invention.
COST OF ONLINE ROMANCE FRAUD
Love hurts: dating how scams lure people
By Cassandra Cross
Lecturer in Criminology at Queensland University of Technology
ONLINE dating and romance scams continue to lure in Australians with figures week showing people have lost more than A$23 million last year alone, with average individual losses at A$21,000 – three times higher than other types of fraud.
