The giant IceCube detector in Antarctica has found the first strong evidence that supernovae can whip up high-energy cosmic rays

A student-built spacecraft that launched towards Venus last week has fallen ominously silent

SOFIA – a jet with an infrared telescope built into its side – has made its first airborne observations of the night sky

A planet has been found which takes under 18 hours to complete its orbit – but it’s probably not the shortest year possible

As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using [...]

Electricity from a generator that the ships pull through the water would be used to make hydrogen, for later use as a fuel

The Cashflow Quadrant From the book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki says that there are four categories of working people who makes money. We call this the four quadrants. EMPLOYEE The first category and the great majority are employees who work for a salary. People who work for a salary have all their deductions [...]

The New South Wales Premier is urging people to be aware of the risks of meeting people online. Police found the body of 18-year-old in Sydney’s south west, two days after she went to meet a man she had befriended on Facebook. POLICE have urged all teenagers to remove their profile pictures from Facebook and [...]

Internet search giant Google has confirmed it gathered data about personal wireless connections from homes around Australia and New Zealand. The internet giant confirmed the fact last night, after privacy watchdogs in Germany, Britain and Australia raised concerns about the practice. Fears include the possibility that Google could match people’s mobile devices and internet behaviour [...]

The Australian shipping date for Apple’s iPad appears to have been shifted back from 28 May, with Apple’s online store now listing the “estimated” date as “by June 7th”. It was only last Friday night that Apple had revealed 28 May as the Australian shipping date for the hotly anticipated tablet device, with orders being [...]