The AFL made a secret offer to Essendon and James Hird to end the code's supplement scandal Australian teenagers are falling behind the rest of the world at school The country's intelligence and security agencies are reportedly investigating a Chinese national over espionage at the CSIRO That epic note-passing war between 'Diane from 7A' and TV producer Elan Gale revealed to be an elaborate hoax Turns out there might be a compelling scientific reason why women are better multitaskers. The BBC reports on new research which shows how male and female brains are wired differently: A US team at the University of Pennsylvania scanned the brains of nearly 1,000 men, women, boys and girls and found striking differences. These differences might explain why men, in general, tend to be better at learning and performing a single task, like cycling or navigating, whereas women are more equipped for multitasking, say the researchers in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Michael Clarke made cricket fans nervous when he rolled his right ankle on Monday - and then didn't train yesterday. But allrounder Shane Watson says Clarke will train today and there is no great concern about the injury in the Australian camp. Good news for Melbourne fans of 10-breasted flying whales. The Skywhale balloon is visiting the city's contemporary art space for a week. The high-speed crash that killed Paul Walker caused a huge explosion and inferno that could be seen for kilometres, new security camera vision has revealed. The crash scene. The University of New Haven is still encouraging students and staff to shelter: Gunman fears at a US university overnight. A suspect was taken into custody following a report of a man near the University of New Haven campus with what appeared to be a rifle, the school said. After the report came in, the university had urged students and staff to stay inside, and several heavily armed police officers responded to the West Haven school. Meet the man who fooled pretty much the entire internet. Reality TV producer Elan Gale has revealed his epic note-passing war with "Diane from Seat 7A" was a just an elaborate hoax. The too-good-to-be-true story featured Mr Gale exchanging a brutal series of handwritten correspondence with a whingey passenger. As The Guardian put it, "the Elan Gale internet hoax sums up all that is rotten about our online lives." The intricate and hilarious apparent incident was picked up by the world's media (yes, including us). The world should know better than to trust a reality TV producer - especially the fellow behind The Bachelor. The Herald Sun blows the lid this morning on the AFL's behind-the-scenes efforts to pressure Essendon coach James Hird to accept drug scandal penalties. Spying fears at Australia's top scientific body, the CSIRO, this morning. Federal police and intelligence officials are looking into the activities of a Chinese national who until last week worked in the CSIRO's highly sensitive nanotechnology laboratory in Melbourne, according to reports.