Category: Science

UK space scientists and engineers design a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.

Archaeologists working in Syria find the remains of youths probably killed in a fierce battle…

Even environmentally aware people are unwilling to reduce the amount of flying they do, research…

Astronomers using the Spitzer telescope detect a torrent of water-ice pelting an embryonic star system.

The environment minister promises a tough approach to wildlife crime after a golden eagle killing…

Clearing dust storms on Mars allow Nasa’s robotic rovers to increase their workload.

About 140 million people globally face arsenic poisoning from drinking water, more than previously realised.

A fresh-water dolphin believed to be extinct has been sighted in the Yangtze River, Chinese…

There is no evidence that US astronauts have been drunk on space missions, Nasa’s top…

Ancient orchid pollen trapped in amber shows that the plants were blooming at the time…