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A major conference examines how to limit the more damaging impacts of intensive farming systems.

The remains of a passenger liner torpedoed by a U-boat just hours into the war may have been found.

For the Soviet Union, the launch of the satellite was a triumph not just for science. but socialism.

Meet Mochi from South Dakota, who has just bagged herself a Guinness World Record.

The Nobel prize in chemistry is awarded to three scientists for advances in the imaging of biological molecules

How a British observatory played a crucial part in the Cold War.

Pheasants are the bird species most likely to be run over on UK roads, according to new research.

They may not be household names, but, according to experts, they pose risks to the environment.

The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for the detection of gravitational waves.

The fossil of a marine reptile from 199 million years ago gives clues to the diet of baby reptiles.

Only one of four groups of Beavers in Argyll is showing signs of successful breeding.

Michael Gove wants views on whether a "reward and return" system would improve recycling in England.

Understanding how our bodies keep time has "vast implications" for health, say Nobel committee.

The UK's hardiest snow patch melts for what is thought to be only the seventh time in 300 years.

Suzie Imber, who beat 11 people to the prize, is "excited" she could "one day end up in space".

More than 100,000 people have fled their homes as they wait for Bali's Mount Agung to erupt.

The British-led project to build a 1,000mph car reaches a key milestone in its development.

New Zealand's forest used to be home to millions of kiwi. Now there are only 68,000 left.

The entrepreneur says his new rocket could fly people to Mars or move them rapidly between cities.

Creator of ChemStart, Bathabile Mpofu, takes hands-on scientific experiments into schools in South Africa.