Ahoy! Pastafarianism's Flying Spaghetti Monster Unravels

Every Friday, Pastor Len Guini performs a sacred ritual - he eats a big bowl of spaghetti while talking like a pirate. The former atheist, identified only by his pasta-inspired pseudonym, described the custom as "one of the tastier aspects of my faith". That faith is called Pastafarianism, and it's attracting an unlikely flock. Academics, scientists and bureaucrats are among the adherents interviewed by The Sunday Age. All were once non-believers; now they worship a deity called the Flying ...

New Group Takes On Jewish Lobby

A BREAKAWAY group from Australia's main pro-Israel Jewish lobby organisations was launched yesterday with the backing of leading Jewish academics and identities.

Website Creates Medical Marvel

HEALTH academics from Japan have paid a two-day visit to Newcastle to explore the Media Doctor website created by Hunter researchers with a view to developing their own adapted version.