SCIENCE

Firm in the belief that 'sustainability should not be a luxury good,' IKEA releases a sustainability strategy that, among many things, finds the retailer striving toward complete energy independence by 2020.

Researchers at Duke University honor the singer in recognition of her 'fervent defence of equality and individual expression'.

Firefighters across Queensland are battling 40 blazes. At least more than 100 firemen had been deployed to douse the fires that had burned mostly forest areas due to the high temperature.

South Korea is scheduled to launch a satellite into space this Friday, barring weather disturbances and technical problems. Final preparations for the satellite launch have been completed Wednesday, according to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). This is the third time for South Korea to make a mark in space with its locally-assembled KSLV-1.

Droppings from Blantyre Farm's 22,000 pigs helped the enterprise be on record as Australia's first farm eligible to earn carbon credits under the Gillard government's carbon farming initiative. The hog manure is converted to methane through the commercial-scale system built by Quantum Power that the farm operator installed.

Is there an extraterrestrial life base on the moon? Myths that there are some extraterrestrial bases on the moon have persisted through the years. Paranormal believers across the world have no solid evidence but such a belief is still popular today.

A planet with a mass similar to Earth has been discovered in Alpha Centauri System, just right outside our Solar System. What makes this planet stand out among hundreds of exoplanets previously discovered?

The most tragic figure in quantum physics may not have to die after all.

What is "C. diff," and why is it called a deadly superbug? Australian health experts are warning the public through the media that people are at risk of being exposed to the deadly C diff bug, which may not be detected in routine testing.

While some national and local governments would consider it a source of pride to have a site included in the World Heritage listing of UNESCO, local councils in Queensland are opposed to the inclusion of the state's Cape York in the roster.

There is a battle being waged for your mind. To the victor comes influence over your beliefs, you purchase decisions, and even your values.

Actor named to GQ's The Gentlemen’s Fund, an initiative that 'encourages men to become agents of change by supporting charities that champion these causes.'

Australia is clearly on the road to one million homes having solar photovoltaic panels installed, the chief adviser to the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) said on Wednesday. To help reach that goal is the opening of the 10-megawatt Greenough River Solar Farm in Western Australia.

Australia is now home to the world’s fastest radio telescope with the launch Friday of the $152-million Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), which experts said would allow a more expansive survey of the universe – both known and what remains for scientists to discover.

While the federal government of the United States announced on Thursday plans to include the great white sharks in its endangered species list, on the same day, Australia announced plans that it has set aside $6.85 million to kill sharks.

Despite the carbon tax being collected by the Gillard government for almost three months and the sky not falling as predicted by the Opposition, Coalition leader Tony Abbott continues to use colourful language to describe the tax which he vowed to repeal if he wins the 2013 federal election.

UFO sightings have been reported three separate times in three cities across the world within five days. The sightings were reported from Arizona, Melbourne and Manchester since last week through the weekend.

Famed explorer will launch a six-month expedition to lead the first team on foot across Antarctica during the southern winter.

Bridgestone makes fuel-efficient, low-rolling-resistance tires and leads the industry in environmental innovations. And thanks to burgeoning demand, it also makes huge truck tires for tar sands oil production and mountaintop removal mining.

Queensland miners have agreed to a compensation plan for the damage their dredging work cause to seagrass beds. The compensation would be used to protect the remaining healthy beds in other areas or restore damaged ones.

An unidentified flying object has been spotted shooting beams of light on to an Arctic Diamond Mine in Canada, UFO Sightings Daily reported. Meanwhile, a teleporting alien was reportedly captured by a street CCTV camera.

Clean up operations by agencies yield 11.3 tonnes of rubbish from Perth waterways and foreshores. More than 6 tonnes from the Swan and Canning Rivers were trash and 5 tonnes were timber and rubble from two days of clean up.

Tasmania's forest peace talks are at the risk of collapsing after the Thursday walkout of a second forestry group, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA).

Key independent MP Tony Windsor dashed hopes of rushing the super trawler bill in Parliament. If pushed into voting for the measure introduced just this week, Mr Windsor told ABC on Thursday that he would vote against the bill.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro company has been slapped with a $4 million criminal fine, the largest ever for this type of violation, after pleading guilty back in February to illegally adding unapproved insecticides to several of its bird food lines.

The federal government is planning to ban the super trawler, Abel Tasman, from fishing in Australian waters for two years under new laws proposed the last minute by Environment Minister Tony Burke.

The furor over the remarks by Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) leader Jim Wallace that the gay lifestyle is more dangerous than smoking refuses to die.

A report commissioned by Tasmania's Labor-Green government valued the state's forest at almost $3 billion in carbon cash based on its wilderness' ability to store 4.4 billion tonnes of carbon.

A swordfish impaled the leg of a 20-year-old fisherman off the Queensland coast on Wednesday. The victim caught the fish and was hauling his catch into his boat about 190 nautical miles off the Southport Seaway.