Category: Science

US agencies get wider access to spy satellites to boost national security and disaster response,…

A cache of exceptionally well-preserved fossil sea spiders has been described for the first time.

A supercomputer shows how to solve the 1980s puzzle Rubik’s cube in the smallest number…

The WWF asks British holidaymakers not to buy souvenirs which may be made from protected…

A distant star with an enormous, comet-like tail trailing in its wake delights astronomers.

Nasa is optimistic the shuttle Endeavour will not need repairs before it returns to Earth.

A replica Viking ship has pulled into Dublin nearly 1,000 years after the original sank…

Older climbers have higher death rates on Everest – but more and more are trying…

Minuscule “ionic engines” could be used to cool the next generation of computer chips, scientists…

The idea that the area around Chernobyl has created a wildlife haven is not justified,…