A MYSTERY artist is having fun with motorists by installing witty road signs in the Frankston area. But not everyone's amused. The signs - including a speed hump sign with a couple in bed - have been causing offense among residents.

Although small children can often be little horrors, they do display a natural caring instinct, new research has disclosed.

If US interrogators have been using pop songs as torture, as has been reported, then they may owe the songwriters performance royalties.

Soldiers bring a deadly bacterium back from service in Iraq. A genomic analysis revealed that the bacterium has 52 [drug] resistance genes--it's no wonder it shrugs off everything doctors throw at it.

Japan's sumo wrestlers, whose bulky frames require a generous diet, are demanding a pay rise after a surge in food prices.

See people you don't know look stupid through the majesty of FAIL!

[includes slideshow] What happened on June 30, 1908 in central Siberia? Was the atomic bomb size airburst caused by antimatter? An extraterrestrial spacecraft? A wayward black hole?