LONDON - THE X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.

Nearly 50,000 members of the public voted in the museum or online on 10 of the greatest achievements in science, technology and engineering selected by the museum curators.

SYDNEY - IN THE world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published on Wednesday.

SYDNEY - DRINKING untreated rainwater is safe for your health, according to a study by researchers at Melbourne's Monash University.

300 homes that used rainwater collected in water tanks as a primary drinking source were given a benchtop filter and were told that it would remove any potential gastroenteritis-causing organisms from their water, but half of the devices did not contain filters.