Australia

Toyota not to appeal over Trulli penalty

Toyota not to appeal over Trulli penaltyMelbourne - Toyota have decided against appealing the 25- second penalty imposed on driver Jarno Trulli after the Italian was deemed to have overtaken under safety car conditions during Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Trulli slid off the track in the safety car phase which forced Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes to pass him. Trulli then moved ahead of the world champion again, but the stewards deemed this move illegal under safety car conditions.

The decision moved Hamilton up to third while Trulli was demoted to 12th.

Watching your team lose can give you fatal heart attack

Heart DiseaseMelbourne, Apr 1 : Watching your team lose can be more than heart breaking, it can be fatal, especially for die-hard fans, warns a new study.

"The emotional stress of loss and/or the intensity of a game played in a high profile rivalry such as the Super Bowl can trigger total and cardiovascular deaths," ABC Online quoted Dr Robert Kloner, a professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, as saying.

"In contrast, a win in a lower intensity game may actually have a favourable effect on mortality,” he added.

Sexual assaults in Australia on the rise during spring, summer

Sexual assaults in Australia on the rise during spring, summerMelbourne, Apr 1: Sexual assaults in Australia have reportedly risen by more than 50 per cent since the mid-1990s, with more attacks taking place during the warmer months.

A study carried out by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows that the incidents of sexual assault increased by five per cent a year, on average, between 1995 and
2007.

Long-necked dinos needed far too much energy to browse tall trees

Long-necked dinos needed far too much energy to browse tall treesSydney, April 1 : In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.

Sauropods were about as heavy as a whale and had necks nearly five times the length of a giraffe's.

The animals have generally been reconstructed with upright necks and it was assumed they grazed on tall trees.

Haug criticises "two-class" system in Formula One

Haug criticises "two-class" system in Formula One Melbourne - Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug has spoken out against the uncertainty of the new rule changes in Formula One in the wake of Brawn GP's imperious one-two victory in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Jenson Button took the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello but Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull have all protested the decision by the race commissioners at Albert Park to allow Honda's successor team, as well as Williams and Toyota, to field new diffusers.

Goodrem too sick for Melbourne''s F1 Grand Prix, but not so for clubbing

Delta GoodremMelbourne, Mar 31 : Aussie singer Delta Goodrem has left many baffled with her no show at the Australian F1 Grand Prix due to illness, only to be spotted later clubbing late into the night.

Goodrem, 24, was supposed to sing the national anthem, and she left many of her fans disappointed after she said that she was suffering from a sore throat and a case of laryngitis.

The singer, who was spotted hitting the Melbourne nightclubs just hours after she backed out of the show, was with her boyfriend Brian McFadden, Molly Meldrum and MTV presenter Ruby Rose.

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