Unresolved loss
Every year 20,000 young people go missing. What happens to the families left behind?
Surgery by SMS
A doctor has used SMS instructions to perform a life-saving amputation.
Sugar power
Could sugar cane become another source of renewable energy for Australia?
Dead by Christmas
Best-selling author Roberto Saviano has been targeted by the Neapolitan Mafia.
Hell on Earth
Billions of years ago the planet was covered by an ocean of lava.
Bicycle belles
One day in 1945 two suburban ladies decided to cycle around Australia.
Taxi driver
A man who killed his wife 18 years ago now wants to be a cabbie.
The endless famine
Many Australians sponsor African children but few get to meet them in person.
The dancing scientist
A Sydney student has turned her PhD into an award-winning interpretive dance.
A giving revolution
This week Australians are being encouraged to give back to their communities.
Bicycle polo
Bike couriers have taken the sport of the wealthy and swapped ponies for pushies.
Solid grounding
A boxing program is keeping kids off the streets of Katherine and turning some into stars.
Commander-in-Chief
John Howard's third term was dominated by the 'war on terror'.
