SCIENCE

The predictions present a doomsday scenario. In 2012, violent solar flares will explode causing relentless radiation storms that will result in the devastation of nuclear plants and power grids, cause a crippling effect on communication systems, and destroying our current way of life.

This letter appeared in the Washington Post on August 12, 2010. It was written to Dr. Michael Fox, who writes a regular column for the newspaper.

While it brought fear to some who believed that Comet Elinen would bring the Earth to extinction, astronomers now say that only a stream of debris of the supposedly “doomsday comet” have reached the atmosphere.

“Judgment day is near!” says Harold Camping, the radio preacher who predicted that the world would end on May 21. He hasn’t backed down from his claims and is now saying that everything will end on Friday, October 21.

Over a thousand birds had been found dead since MV Rena's reef crash resulting in oil spill almost two weeks ago, as operations in oil removal have been stopped because media vessels are getting too close to the ship.

Melbourne-based sustainable fashion collective The Clothing Exchange has a big plan; the group wants to help fashion-conscious Australians find great styles while also raising awareness of the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

The 2.4 ton ROSAT X-ray telescope is expected to crash to Earth between October 20 and October 25, not November as earlier predicted due to enhanced solar activity.

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), also known as the alien hunter telescope will be the most gigantic optical telescope all over the world. Its mirror alone will have 137 feet wide or half the size of a regular football field.

More than 1.7 million Australians will suffer from Macular Degeneration in the next 20 years, according to a Dekoitte Access Economics report. The figures shows a remarkable rise of 70 % in the prevalence of the leading cause of blindness in Australia.

NASA scientists are flying a suite of instruments on two planes as part of the Operation IceBridge which is now on the third year of its critical study of the changing ice of Antartica.

Video proof of the Yeti finally emerged from the wilds of Siberia and presented to the international community after reports on Monday that the research team had stumbled on indisputable proof of the creature's existence.

Those who want to experience a suborbital ride and get a view of the Earth may soon realize their wish.

Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in a South African cave that seems to double the time humans have been artists.

Bacteria are so associated with pathogenic issues meaning disease-causing entities. It is so widespread, yet minute that it is easy to consider it as almost inanimate. In reality, bacteria is not associated only with diseases, but may be found on top of the mountains, deep down oceans, animal gut, man, frozen ancient rocks and ice of Antartica.

Iceland's Katla Volcano, which has a magma chamber that is ten times the size of Eyjafjallajokull, is showing signs of an imminent eruption.

A new study in human evolution has pointed to sugar as one of the key ingredients that made the difference between man and his evolutionary cousin, the ape.

After the MV Rena oil spill, cleanup teams are currently working on removing the toxic wastes on the shore. Five hundred clean up personnel were out on the beaches on Thursday. They are clearing the coasts from Whangamata to Whakatane to assess the situation and check areas that need more attention.

Barring weather interruptions, Thursday's night sky will show the moon and planet Jupiter shining close to each other in a spectacular view at around 10:00 pm EDT from mid-northern latitudes.

There has been an outpouring of help from volunteers who showed their eagerness to help authorities in cleaning operations around the beaches of New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty.

Perth Zoo is bidding goodbye to an endangered Sumatran orangutan that it has bred since birth six years ago. The animal named Semeru will be reintroduced into the jungles of Indonesia's Sumatra island to repopulate the species now numbering only 6,300.

The MV Rena oil spill has been a major disaster. It is slowly killing New Zealand’s abundant natural beauty and the effects of oil spill will have a huge impact on marine creatures and birds. Recently, when everyone else is busy helping out in cleaning the thick oil covering the shore, scam artists are also busy calling concerned people.

Treating cancer is BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year business. Yet 98 percent of conventional cancer treatments not only FAIL miserably, but are also almost guaranteed to make cancer patients sicker.

Treating cancer is BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year business. Yet 98 percent of conventional cancer treatments not only FAIL miserably, but are also almost guaranteed to make cancer patients sicker.

The pet products industry is burgeoning, as 2011 figures released by the American Pet Products Association (APPA) show that Americans now spend more than $50 billion a year on food, supplies, and veterinarian care for their pets -- up nearly 300 percent since 1994.

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has failed to send a live monkey into space using the country's indigenous rocket.

Fifty people, mostly students, were injured while parts of Hindu temples crumbled during a magnitude 6 earthquake and an aftershock in Bali, Indonesia on Thursday.

A four-billion old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars points to the warm and wet temperature of the planet Mars in the past, at about 18 degrees Celcius or 64 degrees Farenheit.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Bali, Indonesia Thursday and the 14-year-old Australian boy detained at the police headquarters in Denpasar, the island's capital, was unhurt.

Astronomers are finally able to present a solution to a mystery: how the cosmic fog from the early universe cleared. The culprit? Massive stars that emitted high energy light.