SCIENCE

An anonymous witness reported about spotting UFOs hovering over Mt Annan on December 1 with images of the mysterious light moving across the night sky sent to the Macarthur Chronicle. A week later, other witnesses shared their similar UFO sighting experience that happened as far as Cleveland, Queensland and even in southern California.

Australia's network of legal centres is not happy with the Coalition government and Prime Minister Tony Abbott's decision to cut funding for the Environmental Defenders Offices (EDO). Mr Abbott cut EDO's $10 million worth of funds, which means the offices will not receive money from the government after July 1, 2014.

HIV-positive individuals face more than side effects of antiretroviral drugs and slow progress of the disease, they are actually facing emptiness with constant seeking for love and affection. Eight endless tortures of what HIV brought to its living victims.

The 2013 Comet Lovejoy quietly made its appearance, while the attention of spectators focused on Comet ISON, it continues to impress with its brightness at approximately 4th magnitude. Stunning images of the comet also continue to surface on the Internet for an online viewing experience.

Dr Brian J Morris, the author of the Australian study on the effect of circumcision on sexual gratification, said he is not a member of the Gilgal Society.

A new bird flu H10N8 virus strain has been found in China, and it has killed one woman in the country.

Australia's State of Victoria reveals plans for a FireReady app and an emergency Web site for important fire alerts. This is in response to the alarming rate of destructive and deadly bushfires in Australia.

Environmental conservationists and growth advocates in New Zealand are currently at each other's necks over a planned construction of a monorail that will slice through the country's pristine forests and river made famous in the trilogy films "The Lord of the Rings."

The sun will reportedly "flip upside down" within weeks due to a reverse in polarity of its magnetic field. This is what several scientists are saying. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), measurements from NASA-supported observatories show that the sun's vast magnetic field is indeed about to flip.

Antarctica does not only have ice but diamonds as well. According to scientists, they have found evidence of a type of rock known to contain precious gems like diamonds under the ice. The recent discovery proves to be exciting as more is revealed about Antarctica's mineral resources. Recovering any of the newly-identified rock is currently forbidden by authorities. Mining in the hopes of finding diamonds is banned.

The Bureau of Meteorology said that heatwave for Christmas may disrupt Aussies travel plans.

Hamish Fagg, an engineering student from New Plymouth, is preparing to become the first New Zealander in space. The 21-year-old student has returned from his trip to a space academy camp in Florida after bagging the contest prize for the chance to take a commercial flight to space.

Research at Flinders University in Australia puts in question the origin of a bird, the kiwi, which has stood as neighbour New Zealand's unofficial symbol. Trevor Worthy, a palaentologist born in New Zealand, based his study on fossilised remains on NZ's south island that suggest the kiwi did not come from a larger ancestor but from a winged creature that originated in Australia but migrated to New Zealand.

A Chinese man suffered an industrial accident in Hunan Province while operating on a machine at work in November and left his right hand severed. To keep his hand alive, he had doctors in China attach his hand to his ankle while he waited for a month before undergoing reattachment surgery.

China has released to the world the first pictures captured by its first lunar rover Jade Rabbit from the moon.

Sky watchers who missed the 2013 Geminid meteor shower peak on Friday and Saturday night still have a chance of catching the impressive night sky display. A couple of spectators were able to capture images of the stunning sky display and shared their viewing experiences online.

Spanish researchers and UK scientists are currently preparing for the clinical trials of a possible vaccine and cure against AIDS-causing HIV.

A piglet with unique physical features was born in China's Jiangxi Province on Dec 9, the Chinese news Web site jxnews.com.cn reported on Tuesday. The animal has three eyes, two noses and two snouts.

The universe, and the entire world as humans know it, may one day collapse with the Earth shrinking into a very hot and hard ball. Scientists have warned the risk of a collapse is now greater than previously thought with the process happening somewhere in the universe.

The cities of Dalian and Tianjin located in northern China have joined the list of jurisdictions where car sales and ownership are imposed on its local constituents, in a bid to help curb the nation's growing "airpocalypse" problem.

The Stony Brook University assistant astrophysics professor and comet chaser Jin Koda tracks and studies the close flyby of the 2013 Comet Lovejoy. Prof Jin Koda together with his Japanese colleagues utilized the Subaru Telescope’s Suprime-Cam in observing the comet’s impressive tail on Monday, December 2.

NASA is planning to send their astronauts to take a walk in space within the week to get the International Space Station cooling problem fixed.

Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a new greenhouse gas substance called perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA). Although not as prevalent as carbon dioxide, it is however 7,000 times more destructive to the Earth's atmosphere than CO2.

An Aussie father is proud of her identical triplet daughters who were becoming international sensation

Australian researchers grew ‘Self-organising’ Mini-kidney for future treatment of renal diseases

The first Chinese Lunar Rover had its first landing on the moon making a similar accomplishment like the US and former Soviet Union. This is considered a major step for the space programme and visions of Beijing to grow and achieve a milestone.

The publication by IBT Australia of a study on the effect of circumcision on male sexual fulfillment elicited an email from a reader named Peter Spencer, who sent it via his email peterspencer@me.com, alleging that the basis of the article is a fake research by a man with close ties to child abusers and paedophiles.

Two HIV-positive men underwent bone marrow transplants and were free from the virus in about 8 months. Now, both men tested positive again of HIV. Is this a sign that bone marrow transplant fails to cure the AIDS-causing virus?

As the 2013 Geminid meteor shower peaks on Friday night, Dec 13, cloudy skies will give the spectators a problem in their viewing conditions. However, there are still places that the sky watchers can head to in order to have a best view of the Geminid meteor shower.