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Nintendo Download: June 14, 2010Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 9:54AMNo More Teachers, No More Books - Give These Great New Games a Look

Column 8Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 12:12PM''During a recent flight I was served a small bottle of wine,'' writes Bob Prater, of Korora. ''The label declared it was 'approximately 2.1 standard drinks at sea level'. I'm not sure at what altitude we were flying, but would the alcohol content be more or less?''

Meanjin 70 Year Crossword Challenge: And the winner is....Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 9:07PM… Alison Sampson, for her cryptic story ‘Right back at ya!’ In true Spike style, we leave you with this piece of LOLcat puzzling wisdom.

The Genius in All of UsTuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 8:01AMIn his new book, titled The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong , author David Shenk writes that intelligence is not an innate aptitude, hardwired at conception or in the womb, 'but a collection of developing skills driven by the interaction between genes and environment. No one is born with a predetermined amount of intelligence ...

Column 8Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 11:26AM''Regarding Monday's item concerning 'back to back and front to back','' writes Bob Johnson, of Woolooware, ''I would like to point out another strange one; 'backflip' as in 'the minister did a backflip on his policy'.

Computer nerds tackle screen stereotypesMonday, March 29, 2010 @ 11:10AMReal-life geeks discover that it's actually hip to be square, writes Louisa Hearn.

Don't look back in anger: StaffordSunday, March 28, 2010 @ 10:08PMGraham Stafford, the man who served 15 years in jail over the murder of a 13-year-old girl before his conviction was quashed, says he doesn't look back at the wasted years with regret.