After investing a cool $84 million in devising a porn filter the Federal Government in the land down under are now reeling, thanks to a 16-year-old schoolboy. Tom Wood managed to hack the security measure within 30 minutes of it going live, last Tuesday.

A professor has taken to ringing owls on his mobile phone. What is most remarkable is that they return his calls in a project that could revolutionise surveys of wild bird populations.

Australian researchers say humans should learn from the masters of crowd control: ants. They have found that a panicking crowd can be evacuated faster if certain types of obstacles are placed in its path. Associate Professor Burd is using argentine ants..

Seventeenth-century masons built Amsterdam on a foundation of wooden poles planted in soggy, sandy ground, leaving behind a beautiful architectural museum -- but one with walls prone to sinking or crumbling without warning. So how do you dig a subway?

Hundreds of US net radio stations face potential closure from Monday when they will be expected to comply with a new royalties ruling for playing music. On Wednesday, an appeal court declined to grant a petition by stations to delay the introduction...

A giant squid washed up on the shores of Tasmania has scientists in a frenzy. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery senior curator, invertebrate zoology, Genefor Walker-Smith, is currently heading to Ocean Beach, near Strahan, with a team of scientific experts

When there's no safe escape, call in the Mules: These unmanned aerial vehicles could save lives on the battlefield--and off. The idea, says 56-year-old designer Rafi Yoeli, is a vehicle that can brave dense forests, urban centers and combat zones where...

The first positive story about Africa I've read in a long time. An African student has found fame as a blogger just two weeks after first experiencing the internet. Elissa Baxter reports. William Kamkwamba, a 19-year-old high school student, first saw...

Inactive phones must have 911 access but may not be traceable. Emergency dispatchers heard a child's voice, but couldn't tell where the call was being made from. When the girl was finally located, she said she wanted McDonald's.

A West Australian inventor believes he has developed a way to generate electricity for homes using wind power. Graeme Attey of Fremantle designed the concept which uses a modular wind turbine that is small enough to sit on a the roof of house.