The riches and risks of Arctic oil exploration

A virus has been engineered to selectively target cancer cells, which researchers say could one day „truly transform” therapies.

Stargazers across Ireland are on the hunt for a meteorite that could have landed earlier this month.

Stargazers across Ireland are on the hunt for a meteor that could have landed earlier this month.

A sad farewell to the once-ubiquitous 60W bulb

Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumour to monitor its growth.

The US space agency’s Jupiter-bound Juno probe looks back and pictures Planet Earth.

The current most common way to board passenger planes is among the least efficient – and boarding times could be halved, experiments show.

The current most common way to board passenger planes is among the least efficient – and boarding times could be halved, experiments show.

Salmon in the Thames are more likely to be fish that have „strayed” from nearby rivers rather than a result of a multi-million pound restocking effort, a study suggests.

Female marmots born in litters that are mostly male become „tom boys”, behaving in ways that are more typically male, say scientists.

As the clean-up continues in the wake of tropical storm Irene, communities are counting the cost of the devastation.

Museums wage war on pests eating irreplaceable objects

Museums wage war on pests eating irreplaceable objects

How science is creating a window on the Earth’s core

How science is creating a window on the Earth’s core

Scientists hope to harness coral’s natural defence against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

1 września rozpocznie się konkurs rysunkowy, w którym główną nagrodą będzie możliwość nazwania własnym imieniem jednego z satelitów programu Galileo – powstającego właśnie europejskiego odpowiednika amerykańskiego systemu GPS i rosyjskiego GLONASS.

A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial „alkaline hydrolysis” unit in a funeral home in Florida.

Rocket woes could lead to the space station being mothballed

A cave considered to have the finest stalactite formations in Scotland is being kept a secret by the potholers who found it.

A cave considered to have the finest stalactite formations in Scotland is being kept a secret by the potholers who found it.