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The fiery Fuego Volcano, State of Origin game one wraps up, an asteroid meets a crispy end in the night sky, Miss America ditches the bikini parade, and why on earth our scientists are breeding sheep to have better manners.

New apps to help us combat our tech addictions, some lucky kids who go to school on surfboards, the Frenchman who's spending six months swimming through rubbish, and a coffee with a colourful twist.

BTN turns 50, why World Environment Day matters, the weird assortment of stuff that fell off a ship in rough seas, turning poop into power, and a smoothie that I don't reckon I'm game enough to try...

Some big Aussie shops commit to ditching plastic, astronauts arrive home, kids who are really good at spelling, why you may not need to run away and join the circus after all, and a zoo that had everyone in town terrified.

An online shopping shake-up, Pluto's awesome icy dunes, how to eat greener, we meet one of the strongest mums in Oz, and a dude who got seriously grumpy when his trousers went missing.

The real-life spy story almost too crazy to be real, PNG gives Facebook the flick, snow season begins with some bad news, why you shouldn't use volcanic lava to cook your dessert, and something new to blame for your junk food addiction.

Calls for a treaty in National Reconciliation Week, a guy who didn't quite escape the eruption of Mt Vesuvius, the computers influencing our opinion, everyone's favourite salty spread makes a comeback, and the lab who had a pretty good excuse for missing her flight.

The search for a disappearing plane ends, wearing pants to school, ditching dinky drink-stirrers, Boy Scouts decides girls are allowed, and the inflatable unicorn that swam out to sea with an unwilling passenger.

Some wild weather in the Middle East, juice labels could be getting a grim makeover, the monks with expanding waistlines, just when you thought crocs couldn't get any scarier (they do), and real-life Spiderman carries out a superhuman rescue.