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The IAC building in Manhattan is visually interesting, but it's one of many examples of buildings that don't relate well to their context. What is it with architects? asks <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/"><em>The Urbanist's</em></a> <b>Alan Davies</b>.

Constructing aesthetics: buildings that jar with their surroundings

The IAC building in Manhattan is visually interesting, but it's one of many examples of buildings that don't relate well to their context. What is it with architects? asks The Urbanist's Alan Davies.

What do you do if your dog starts acting unusually quiet? What could explain its restrained behaviour? <b>W H Chong</b> may have some answers...

The tale of the pooch who kept mum

What do you do if your dog starts acting unusually quiet? What could explain its restrained behaviour? W H Chong may have some answers...

When it comes to pulling down the patriarchy, there aren't too many in the sisterhood willing to go in as hard, or as often, as Leslie Cannold, writes <b>Tom Cowie</b>, in this profile on the influential feminist.

The divisive feminist

When it comes to pulling down the patriarchy, there aren't too many in the sisterhood willing to go in as hard, or as often, as Leslie Cannold, writes Tom Cowie, in this profile on the influential feminist.

Bullet riddled walls, flak jackets and opulent domed palaces with disco balls -- the homes of Mexico's drug cartels are an interesting mix of business and pleasure, writes <b>Damien Cave</b>.

Inside the casas of Mexico's drug lords

Bullet riddled walls, flak jackets and opulent domed palaces with disco balls -- the homes of Mexico's drug cartels are an interesting mix of business and pleasure, writes Damien Cave.

Celebrity American weatherman John Bolaris's weekend at the Fountainebleau hotel in Miami was more than a wallet-burning holiday -- it became a stranger than fiction real-life nightmare, writes <b>Pat Jordon</b>.

The story of a weatherman, drugs, Estonian girls and a 43K credit scam

Celebrity American weatherman John Bolaris's weekend at the Fountainebleau hotel in Miami was more than a wallet-burning holiday -- it became a stranger than fiction real-life nightmare, writes Pat Jordon.

For those who missed the announcement, Australia's 24,000 GPs and 3500 dietitians will soon have a new weapon in their battle against big bellies and hard arteries, writes <b>Geoff Russell</b>.

Who owns the new Australian dietary guidelines?

For those who missed the announcement, Australia's 24,000 GPs and 3500 dietitians will soon have a new weapon in their battle against big bellies and hard arteries, writes Geoff Russell.

A stand-up comedy club entrepreneur in Chicago is using the American economic recession not to scale back his business but to expand it, writes <b>Gary Strauss</b>.

The economy of comedy: does less money = more laughs?

A stand-up comedy club entrepreneur in Chicago is using the American economic recession not to scale back his business but to expand it, writes Gary Strauss.

It’s that time of the year again -- the time that pundits make predictably erroneous predictions about the coming year.

Come in Spinner: how the so-called experts always get it wrong

It’s that time of the year again -- the time that pundits make predictably erroneous predictions about the coming year.

This month's US edition of <em>National Geographic</em> runs a special feature on identical twins -- and they don't get much more identical than this.

Seeing double: fascinating photos of identical twins

This month's US edition of National Geographic runs a special feature on identical twins -- and they don't get much more identical than this.

Are you a woman who rides bicycles in 1895? OK, maybe not, but this old resurrected list published by a New York newspaper provided specific pointers -- including "don't scream if you meet a cow."

What not to do if you're a woman on a bicycle, circa 1895

Are you a woman who rides bicycles in 1895? OK, maybe not, but this old resurrected list published by a New York newspaper provided specific pointers -- including "don't scream if you meet a cow."