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According to experts, there is a 65 percent rise in the UFO sightings reported over the past two years.

China backs the EU's plans to continue the Kyoto Protocol in the fight against global warming, but not without conditions.

As we reach the end of the second decade of the 21st century, it seems that there are a growing number of species that will struggle to make it to the third.

NASA has released a list of recently discovered planets and moons that could possibly support life, with two of them meeting its exact criteria for habitability.

A team of U.S. scientists has recently discovered the two largest “supermassive” black holes known to science, according to the journal Nature.

Gone are the days when an act of war meant dropping bombs, shooting the enemy and marching thousands of troops across borders. Now the battle is taking place online and it is the computer geniuses in their bedrooms, rather than the battle-hardened soldiers in tanks, that are keeping governments awake at night.

More than 6,000 protestors marched the streets of Durban to demand faster action on climate change.

Scientists believe they can bring the woolly mammoth back to life within five years through cloning. They have recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia a thigh bone that has well-preserved bone marrow.

It is impossible for film buffs not to love and adore "Po" the Panda, the modern-day Kung Fu master from China in "Kung Fu Panda" film franchise.

After the recent "Big Chills" or rather severe winters faced by the country especially in the last two years, the preparations come in advance to avoid widespread chaos after many parts of the county were hit by significant snowfall last year before the end of November.

The mission is expected to operate for at least 1 Martian year (668 Martian sols/686 Earth days) as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.

With "experts" now poo pooing the Mayan December, 2012 doomsday prophecy the IBTimes has chosen to celebrate the fact the world will keep-turning yet another year, offering you the lucky reader a breakdown of the top 10 most entertaining defunct doomsday prophecies.

News has recently broken out that the Katla volcano in Iceland could be about to erupt, with the potential to cause global damage.

With the Mayan's December end of the world prediction causing a few "special" people to sweat, experts have come forward to calm the populace, confirming the world will survive to see the 25th.

Endemic to New Zealand the cricket-like creature is found only on the Little Barrier Island. With almost 70 other species of weta found in New Zealand, the giants of the species were previously wiped off by rats accidentally introduced by Europeans, said the report.

Fears have begun to rise that a huge volcano is about to erupt in Iceland which could a bigger impact on the world than last year's eruption at Eyjafjallajokull.

Europe is taking a hardline stance on global warming at the UN climate talks.

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defence Troops, a combat arm of air, space and missile defence commands.

Activists warn the U.S. will derail progress at the Climate Change talks in Durban, South Africa, by blocking moves toward a climate change fund.

Environment activists were on the march to save the rainforests.

Dame Vivienne Westwood has pledged £1 million to help tackle climate change.

Qatar will host the Conference of the Parties (COP18) climate change talks in 2012.

The bank ends sponsorship of Climate Week event following claims of “corporate greenwash”.

Firm action is required at the Durban climate talks to prevent increasing global hunger and poverty, Oxfam warns.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference commences in South Africa, where it is hoped a new collective global agreement on climate change will be made.

The games cause brain plasticity - where it alters to accommodate demands put on it, which can be a concern.

There are many theories about an apocalypse in 2012 that have been making the rounds for quite some time, most related to either the ancient Mayans' calendar or their legends.

The ongoing disagreements are likely to a create deadlock during the summit.

The United States is reluctant to sign off on a collective global climate change fund, undermining already tense negotiations ahead of official U.N. climate change conference to begin on Monday in Durban, South Africa.