What does the Miss Universe competition reveal about the nexus between nationalism and women’s sexuality? By this we mean… cop a load of those true-blue norgs!

Let it never be said that The Enthusiast shies away from asking those 'burning' questions.

Paul the octopus escapes the lemon wedges and black pepper by retiring with a 100 per cent strike rate at picking World Cup winners. We discover that animal oracles have to be real damn cute, or incredibly lucky.

On Monday, internet users were hoaxed into believing 5 July, 2010 was the date Marty McFly travels to in Back To The Future 2. Here are some real anniversaries that fall this week.

Her abrupt ascendancy to the top of the political pile was ground-breaking but is Julia Gillard really what we've been waiting for: Australia's first foreign-born, unmarried, atheist, ranga, female prime minister?

In an historic moment of cheesy justice, an Australian webcomic and online consumers might have transformed how Subway arranges its lactose-based food products.

Why solve environmental problems the hard way when you can seal oil leaks with nuclear weaponry or shoot lasers into the sky to make it rain? Take that, Mother Nature!

The Arabic world's answer to Dr Phil wants to start up an institute that awards academic degrees in dream analysis. But are the Saudis right in arguing that there's nothing scientific about dreaming?

This commercially baked take on a New Zealand home-made classic falls woefully short, but if you've never heard of an Afghan, it's not half bad.