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According to researchers from the University of Western Australia, they may just have discovered the oldest living thing on the planet - sea grass.

Researchers from NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that glaciers and ice caps are shedding 150 billion tons of ice annually because of global warming. They discovered this using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites.

A four-metre-long woven textile made from the silk of more than a million female Golden Orb spiders collected from the highlands of Madagascar is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum in London.

Google close to launching high-tech goggles providing users with real-time information about immediate surroundings and able to communicate with Android-based devices.

Child killer who murdered nine-year-old neighbour Elizabeth Olten for kicks sentenced to life imprisonment.

Tube worker tells International Business Times UK Central Line is most at risk from asbestos.

Rupert Murdoch's News Group settles with 15 News of the World phone hacking victims at high court.

The deadly winter is sweeping the European continent for the past several weeks with many countries in the region recording temperatures much lower than the winter averages.

An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hit the central Philippines on Monday, killing more than 30 people and leaving dozens still missing.

Pastry fluffy and testicle taste subtle, says hungry International Business Times UK staffer of bull's testicles infused in Mama Juana liquor.

Police have found up to $15m worth of methamphetamine in one of Melbourne’s biggest drug busts in 10 years.

Ticket for Britain's seventh largest EuroMillions win has not been redeemed.

A survey commissioned by mobile network operator O2, has revealed that more than 17 million devices of resale value worth of 762m pound are disposed each year and are sent to dumping ground.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp and the former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric have both been found not guilty of tax evasion.

Trident Gang Crime Command set up by Metropolitan Police to focus on gang scourge in London.

Teenage girls in schools in Southampton have been given contraceptive implants, without their parents' knowledge. This has happened following the government's decision to try radical measures to reduce teenage pregnancies.

Fausat Ogunbayo files lawsuit for staggering sum in bid to get her children back.

Sub-zero temperatures lead to more severe weather warnings across parts of Britain.

Woman alleged to be at centre of YouTube film of racial abuse on London Underground train named as Jacqueline Woodhouse.

Shock images on mobile lead to arrest of owner - but thief still jailed for stealing phone.

A man who was convicted of causing menace, fined £1000 and lost his job because of an apparently innocent joke published on Twitter will appear in the high court on Wednesday.

Fishermen in Pakistan have found the carcass of a gigantic 36-foot whale shark, on Tuesday morning, which was then reportedly sold for Rs. 200,000 (approx. £1,340), according to a report in The Dawn.

'I just killed someone… it was ahmazing!...I gotta got to church now': Missouri jury hears teenager's chilling diary entries.

Leveson Inquiry hears Times did not reveal at high court that its lawyer knew of reporter Patrick Foster’s use of email hacking.

Death of last surviving World War one Veteran marks end of an era for Britain.

As temperatures drop on the continent, International Business Times UK takes a look at the animal kingdom's fight for survival.

Taxpayers may claw back millions of pounds from Olympics investment with venue branding offered to private firms.

Dana Baker was 16 when she died while waiting on a retrial for karate instructor Jaspal Riat, 48 who had been raping her since the age of 13.

Apologies to be issued after judicial review finds victims should have been informed immediately.