China’s unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft launches on a mission to try to rendezvous and dock with the country’s Tiangong-1 space laboratory.

The world’s only known white kiwi has survived surgery to remove stones from her gizzard, reports a New Zealand Wildlife Centre.

Why there is little prospect of a big deal at this year’s UN climate summit

The government defends its decision last year to close the Forensic Science Service.

The UK has been subject to a „disturbing” number of cyber-attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said.

The UK has been subject to a „disturbing” number of cyber-attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said.

A new method to tackle the counterfeiting of Scotch Whisky using laser technology is developed at St Andrews University.

W ostatnich kilku dniach w Obserwatorium Paranal w Chile, należącym do Europejskiego Obserwatorium Południowego (ESO), zanotowano serię wstrząsów sejsmicznych. Wielkie teleskopy nie ucierpiały, są bowiem odpowiednio skonstruowane, aby przetrwać trzęsienia ziemi.

Po trzęsieniu ziemi, które dziesięć dni temu dotknęło znajdujące się na Hawajach obserwatorium Mauna Kea, również chilijskie obserwatorium Paranal zostało wczoraj zagrożone przez serię wstrząsów.

Know your Star Trek from your morphological analysis

The UK has been subject to a „disturbing” number of cyber attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said.

The world’s population is estimated to reach seven billion on Monday, according to the United Nations.

China is set to launch a unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday to dock with a capsule orbiting the Earth, as part of its work to build a space station.

Bangladesh is to declare three areas in the southern Sundarbans mangrove forest as dolphin sanctuaries to protect freshwater dolphins, officials say.

Why this forgotten emotion can be a life-saver

Scientists say phenomena linked to near-death experiences are ‚the brain gone awry’.

Scotland’s internationally important seabird colonies are continuing to have poor breeding seasons, RSPB Scotland has warned.

Traces of bone-eating „zombie worms” have been found in a three million year old fossil from Italy, say researchers.

Are there really seven billion of us?

Should shipwrecks be left in place, or plundered?

31 października Księżyc oświetlony w 30% zakryje swym ciemnym brzegiem gwiazdę Xi2 Sgr (Strzelec, jasność 3.5m). Zjawisko zacznie się około 17:30, potrwa do 18:45. Kąt pozycyjny zakrycia wyniesie 82°, a odkrycia 242°.

A field study of genetically modified mosquitoes suggests they could be deployed against dengue fever and other tropical diseases.