Monday Mar 15 05:15 AEDT
AFP | 12 hours 40 mins agoThe swindling saga of legendary Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff has inspired the creation of The Vile Plutocrat, a website devoted to the notion that "rich people suck."
Friday Mar 12 07:32 AEDT
12 Mar 2010A new blog will allow art lovers to follow the restoration, step by step, of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famous The Bedroom, the Van Gogh Museum says.
Thursday Mar 11 10:09 AEDT
11 Mar 2010The world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.
Wednesday Mar 10 14:00 AEDT
10 Mar 2010Australian scientists believe they have unlocked another clue that will help save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction.
Wednesday Mar 10 12:31 AEDT
By Richard Ingham | 10 Mar 2010Australian scientists have, in a world first, extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
Wednesday Mar 10 09:30 AEDT
10 Mar 2010A Belgian daily newspaper offered its readers a new perspective on the world with a 3D edition complete with special glasses.
Tuesday Mar 9 19:41 AEDT
9 Mar 2010Australian scientists have charted some of the world's oldest rivers and streams that flowed through the Simpson Desert 50 million years ago.
Tuesday Mar 9 14:30 AEDT
By ninemsn staff | 9 Mar 2010The long-held dream of robots that can complete domestic tasks in households has moved a step closer.
Tuesday Mar 9 13:30 AEDT
By Henri Paget, ninemsn | 9 Mar 2010Encyclopedia Dramatica is Wikipedia’s evil twin. It’s a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of political correctness. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history.
Tuesday Mar 9 12:31 AEDT
9 Mar 2010More than three-quarters of people across the world believe access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll carried out for the BBC indicates.
Tuesday Mar 9 05:35 AEDT
9 Mar 2010A nuclear bunker from the Cold War era in Britain has been sold on eBay for more than 20,000 pounds (30,000 dollars, 22,000 euros) Monday.
Monday Mar 8 11:01 AEDT
8 Mar 2010The Queen has urged Commonwealth countries, including Australia, to help young people take advantage of cutting edge technology to improve their lives.
Monday Mar 8 09:52 AEDT
8 Mar 2010US President Barack Obama will host a space conference next month in Florida to chart his vision for the future of human spaceflight, the White House says.
Monday Mar 8 08:36 AEDT
By Gavin Rabinowitz | 8 Mar 2010For the first time the complete, original manuscript of Albert Einstein's landmark General Theory of Relativity is on display.