Julia Gillard recorded a comical doomsday message to help promote Australia's Triple J radio show.
China has developed an 'ecological life support system' to grow food during off world space missions.
NASA has warned of the dangers in believing that the world is going to end later this month.
One man has decided to record himself reciting the world's longest word at 189,819 letters long.
Rats use their whiskers to help sense the world around them - could the same thing work for humans ?
At 113, Indian pensioner Zeenat Bi has made the claim that she is the oldest dwarf in the world.
It is a question that has been debated by philosophers and scientists alike for thousands of years.
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized world in orbit around the next nearest star system to our own.
A German court has rejected the case of a woman who claims the atom smasher would destroy the world.
Felix Baumgartner broke several world records as he plunged over 128,000ft at speeds of up to 834mph.
The world's foremost expert on chimpanzees has expressed an interest in the Bigfoot phenomenon.
In an ever more connected world have mobile phones become more of an obsession than a convenience ?
As the world's first commercial spaceport nears completion the project's future is called in to question.
Even if we do overcome the technological hurdles in reaching other worlds, should we actually go there ?
Gary 'Geordie Pantsman' Craig has beaten the world record by putting on 302 pairs of underpants.
The earliest ever known color film footage has been rediscovered after more than 100 years.
One of the world's oldest domestic parrots, Tabu, has died after uttering 'cheerio' as his last word.
Doomsday theories continue to thrive as the end of the Mayan calendar is now less than 100 days away.
A Great Dane called Zeus has entered the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest dog ever recorded.
Professor Peter Wadhams is concerned that the world hasn't been doing enough to tackle climate change.