We find out what Aussie kids find essential to their health and well-being, Jael Wena does us proud at the Junior Eurovision contest, and the guy who insists he wasn't chatting on the phone behind the wheel, just snacking on some junk food.

The leaning tower of Pisa starts to straighten up, Aussies move up to the top of the global rich list (so why isn't my piggy bank fuller.... hmph), Victoria announces that more preschoolers will soon be learning to sign, and Nicki Minaj spends Thanksgiving with some plucked birds and friendly locals.

A new study’s found some games could be encouraging kids to gamble, a rocket blasts off from outback Queensland, a school project involving robots aims to help native wombats, and a teenager in Germany loses his licence after just getting it, but why?

Happy Birthday to our cosmic space station, a soccer legend hangs up his boots, the giant belly of plastic that washed up on a beach of our northern neighbour, and a guy in America who brings together a special Thanksgiving family every year.

Why the world is wearing blue today, some good news for kids with super serious peanut allergies, scientists investigate the reason behind what comes out of a wombat's behind, and a couple of Russian traffic cops get creative when they spot a fire in their town.

The somewhat unsettling end to this year's APEC summit, a big discovery in an Egyptian tomb that has archaeologists feline pretty excited, India's new hospital for supersized herbivores, and the parrot spreading panic over at the fire department.

VIPs converge on PNG for chats about GDP, the flowery foliage described as smelling like "rotten fish, stinky cheese, rotten cabbage and an old diaper", the contextually felxible word of the year, and a seemingly innocent question about pizza toppings that sparked an all-out interwebz war.

Some good news for our hairy mountain-dwelling relatives, discovering planet buddies beyond our solar system, a crispy world record straight out of a toasty warm oven, how it's possible to have something taken away... even if you never had it in the first place... and the sausage debate that's got Aussie barbecue-lovers on the brink of a meltdown.

Who decided how heavy a kilogram should be (and other questions you never even thought to ask), the cashless revolution that could be about to encroach on your weekend shopping sprees, and a teenager who's landed himself a pretty impressive job.

The creator of some of our favourite Marvel characters dies at a ripe old age, why all the flatback turtles in the NT are being born female, Foodbank breathes a sigh of relief as the government agrees to give their funding back, and the unconventional wedding the groom's mother refused to attend.