• Arctic melting at 'amazing' speed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment/

• Aliens could be discovered within 40 years

http://www.phenomenica.com/2012/09/aliens-could-be-discovered-within-40-years.html

• Robbie Williams to turn Californian island into UFO spotting base

http://www.nme.com/news/robbie-williams/65900

• Nasa's Curiosity rover 'sniffs' Martian air

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19513490

• Potential habitable exoplanet found around a red dwarf

http://www.phenomenica.com/2012/09/potential-habitable-exoplanet-found-around-a-red-dwarf.html

• The world in numbers: Amazing global facts and figures

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/the-world-in-numbers-amazing-global-facts-1309941

• Tough Gel Stretches to 21 Times Its Length, Recoils, and Heals Itself: Biocompatible Material Much Tougher Than Cartilage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120905134914.htm

• James Bond's next superbug? The remote control cockroach that could be the spy of the future

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2199734/The-Bond-The-remote-control-cockroach-spy-future.html

• Scientists create 'cyberbee' with a tracking chip to track down deadly zombie parasite

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2199795/Plight-honeybees-Scientists-hunt-deadly-parasite-turns-insects-zombees--forcing-dance-streetlights-falling-dead.html