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Over-population, climate change, pollution, species extinction and over-consumption spell end of civilisation.

Quadrantids have maximum rate of up to 100 meteors per hour and expected to peak just before dawn on Friday.

Bunker 42 deep underground in Moscow to host end-of-the-world party for £600 a head.

Robotic telescope set up to offer live coverage of Mayan apocalypse.

The US government has issued guidelines on how to tell children about the forthcoming apocalypse.

Doomsday theorists believe the end of the Baktun cycle on 21 December signals the apocalypse, but this is not the case, experts say.

Weather reports across the globe do not give bright outlook for Doomsday on 21 December.

Doomsday rumours make Chinese man, 36, go on stabbing spree.

Mayan calendar is believed to predict the end of the world on 21 December, 2012. So how real is Doomsday?

Scottish computer hacker Gary McKinnon won't be put on trial in the UK, following the government's decision not to extradite him to the US.

Skywatchers around the world witnessed the annual Geminid meteor shower which was at peak with a bounty of brilliant shooting stars.

The Geminid meteor shower, the last major such event of 2012, could well become one of the most brilliant of the year

Survey shows friends and family are biggest comfort during Apocalypse countdown - but some plans are more surprising.

Theories about robot shuttle range from atomic bomb to spy-satellite - and Russia and China are reportedly fretting.

Soldiers arrest Diarra from his home as he prepares to leave the country for France.

Scroll down to view the beautiful images of earth, as seen from space, taken by NPP satellite during the night.

In the southern Philippines 50,000 people were evacuated due to heavy rains and winds by typhoon Bopha

End of the world will not happen on 21 December, 2012 as predicted by Mayan calendar.

Sheffield student to pay compensation rather than face trial and possible imprisonment.

Nasa scientists believe 'veritable arcade' of thermal Pac-Man shapes may exist on Saturn’s moons.

Smartphone apps are now being developed and deployed for use in the field by front-line US and UK defence forces.

A second peak of the spectacular Leonid meteor shower is forecast between dusk and dawn on 19 and 20 November.

Following a breach of security which saw email addresses and passwords leaked, experts have criticised Adobe's lax security policies.

A profile of Antivirus pioneer John McAfee who is on the run in Belize after the murder of his neighbour Gregory Viant Faull

Biological reserve in northern state of Coahuila has similar properties to red planet's Gale crater.

As the Superstorm Sandy hits the East Coast, celebrities around the globe are extending their support and concern through the social networking sites.

US east coast landfall imminent by storm described as potential worst to hit US.

Sandy turns into a category two hurricane and is likely to hit Cuba next.

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope more powerful than any before, present astronomers' best hope yet of finding intelligent life on other planets.

Home secretary stops extradition over fears it would impeach hacker's human rights and put him at risk of suicide.