Melbourne, Aug 27 : Couples Down Under have developed a disturbing new habit – text snooping.

That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by Virgin Mobile, which has found that one in three Aussies can''t help themselves and check their partner''s mobile phone when they''re in the shower or on the toilet.

But that curiosity has blown up in their faces with 73 per cent finding things they later wished they hadn''t.

Of those sneaky text checkers, 44 per cent stumbled upon messages that ranged from flirtatious to sexually explicit.

The survey, conducted among 18-29 year old mobile users by Galaxy Research, found women were also more likely than men to be SMS snoops.

Canberra, August 27: A research by scientists from Australia, France and the US, has revealed that a species of clownfish (Amphiprion percula), uses its nose to help it locate a suitable habitat.

According to a report by ABC News, although previous research has shown clownfish can smell, these new findings identify the scents they are using.

“It’s always been a mystery to us how they find their way back to a suitable habitat,” said Professor Geoff Jones of James Cook University, Townsville. “We’ve actually narrowed down the chemical signals that they may be using to find their home,” he added.

Sydney - An Indian woman was lucky enough Wednesday to have not one but three doctors to help her deliver a baby boy on a flight between Hong Kong and Adelaide.

Sydney - A temperate climate, no steep hills and few rainy days: despite ideal cycling conditions, residents of Sydney have an aversion to bicycles.

On a per capita basis, twice as many people in Melbourne cycle to work and four times as many in Canberra.

Sydney seems wilfully against pedal-power despite recent research showing that chronic congestion means cycling is usually quicker than the car, the bus or the train.

Christian Wolmar, a London-based transport planner, was invited to Sydney in August to analyse the city's cycling problems.

Sydney - Mortgage holders struggling to keep ownership of their houses after 13 consecutive interest-rate hikes can now bet on the outcome of the monthly meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

"After being inundated with requests in recent weeks, I welcome legislation which allows us to bet on something that's obviously so important to everyday Australians," Gerard Daffy, sports betting manager with agency Lasseters Sportsbook, said in a statement Wednesday.

Melbourne, Aug 26 : A school in Australia has banned all forms of gymnastics, which includes doing a cartwheel on the playground.

At Belgian Gardens State School, doing gymnastics like handstands and somersaults and even the humble forward roll has been given the flick.

Mum Kylie Buschgens was dumbfounded when her daughter Cali, 10, was told she could no longer do cartwheels, even on the grass.

"She came home from school a couple of times and said `I got in trouble for doing a cartwheel''," The Northern Territory quoted Buschgens, as saying.

"I thought she meant that it was wrong to do it on the concrete, but they made an announcement at assembly that gymnastics was banned,” Buschgens added.