Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.

The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions

Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.

A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.

Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.

Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.

New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.

The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.

BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

Researchers begin a study of the "super-sized" mice found on a tiny Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides.

Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.

Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.

Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful".

Inside the Royal Navy's powerful and stealthy attack submarine

Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.

The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded.

Why bed-bugs are on the march again