SCIENCE

New discoveries about the sun are expected when the Solar Orbiter mission, a newly selected mission by the European Space Agency, is sent off to study the sun at a distance that has never been dared before.

A gigantic sea monster, similar to the legendary Kraken with many limbs that could reach the top of a ship's main mast, was said to have lived off the coast of Iceland and Norway centuries ago.

A lake, covered by almost three miles of the West Antarctic ice sheet, has been cut off from the rest of the world for almost a million years.

Occupy Wall Street protesters are undergoing collectivist zombie training in Atlanta, where a large group was caught on film engaging in a weird sort of "one voice" hypnotic chanting ritual that characterizes the key principles of both Communism and Socialism.

Insanity prevailed in California once again today as Governor Jerry Brown signed bill AB499 allowing 12-year-old children the ability to consent to being injected with Gardasil vaccines without their parents' knowledge; yet at the same time the Governor banned the use of tanning beds by anyone under 18 unless they received parental consent.

On Tuesday night, at 10:06 p.m. EDT (0206 GMT), the part of the world where the moon is visible could see the astronomical opposite of a supermoon, the smallest full moon of 2011.

New Zealand locals are working together to clean up along the coast in Mt Maunganui after the oil spill from MV Rena has become massive, increasing "several times over" on Monday afternoon. Maritime New Zealand said between 130 and 350 tonnes of oil has leaked out of the Rena by Tuesday morning.

A virus discovered off the coast of Chile is now considered the biggest of its kind after scientists found it was 10 to 20 times longer than the average virus and has more genes than the previous record-holder.

One new nettle species, found hidden among stalagmites and limited to just 10 adult plants, may be a relic from a past ice age.

Brace yourselves for impact. German scientists are warning of another out-of-control satellite that is heading to Earth and is expected to make landfall by the end of the month.

Earth lives in a shooting gallery where celestial bodies like asteroids and supernova could hit the planet and potentially cause a cataclysmic event. A new study from Washburn University presents how different scenarios could end all life on Earth.

Have skis. But where's the snow?The Australian government and populace may need to consider diverting some of its focus from staging a continuous mining boom to augment its economic stability, to laying down immediate strategies to curb global warming if it wants to save its world-renowned Australian Alps.

This is not another scene from "Star Wars" or "Transformers." Tim Hemmes from Pennsylvania is making good use of his new mechanical limb, the result of a month-long science experiment at the University of Pittsburgh.

The capacity of a person’s brain to throw away negative thoughts is one of the major reasons for people to hang on to a positive attitude despite adversities in life.

Mining activities on the Moon appears to become a fast-approaching reality as U.S. astronomers reported last week the likely presence of titanium ore on the lone Earth’s natural satellite, with reserves rich enough to encourage man in establishing a mine colony.

A new “science city” may soon emerge with the creation of the International Linear Collider, a new multi-billion dollar particle smasher.

SkyNews reported half a dozen man-eating bull-sharks are thriving and breeding in the lake in the centre of Brisbane's Carbrook Golf Club. A river broke its banks during a big flood some years ago, causing the sharks to get stranded in the lake.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.

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It is great to see Aussie brands we know and love taking an interest in the need to be green and putting their money and research into re-creating their traditional products.

Findings of abundant titanium ore, which is a very expensive metal, in the moon could make it a future mining colony.

A voice for endangered animals everywhere.

Salvage crews are in a desperate rush to off-load oil from Rena, a Liberia-flagged 47,000-tonne vessel, which crashed into a reef Wednesday morning. NZ weather forecasters have announced possible gale-force winds from Monday afternoon, causing fears of the cargo ship sustaining more damages and sinking in the waters with its oil cargoes.

Prostate cancer is getting more attention especially after the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine were chosen for their contributions in the promotion of therapeutic cancer vaccine which treats men with advanced prostate malignancy.

The sun will undergo the closest scrutiny yet when two new instruments are placed on the European Space Agency's newly selected Solar Orbiter, which is to be launched in 2017.

Students from a remote area in Central California close to the Nevada border may get a rare to opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Draconid meteor shower Saturday.

Maritime New Zealand said some fuel from hydraulic pumps on the Rena, a Liberia-flagged 235m vessel, had leaked, but its fuel tanks were still intact.

British scientists warned on Thursday exposure to filtered sunlight is still dangerous. They said sunlight at the break and end of the day still places people at the risk of acquiring skin cancer.

The Aurora Australis, or the southern lights as it is often called, is visible from the high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America and Australia. This natural light display is caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high latitude atmosphere.