Tricks yes cheats no.
oh and im in rockhampton QLD.

breeding: pick up man put on woman keep repeating until it says she is with child.

research: pick up scientist put at table, watch for the little twitch, they have generated their RP's, pick them up put them down again(repeat as often as desired, works well with multiple scientists). using this method they research 3 times faster than if you had just put them there and left them.