The energy company GE Hitachi is proposing to build a reactor at Sellafield in Cumbria to convert the UK’s waste plutonium stockpile.

Do religions have a right to kill conscious animals?

As delegations at the UN climate talks circle each other, what are we learning?

Engineers say they have developed a bone-like substance that can be created by 3D printers to create a scaffold for new bone tissue to grow over.

Could pond life meet the world’s insatiable appetite for energy?

China successfully launches an Earth observation satellite using a Long March 2C rocket – the first outing for the vehicle since it failed on a mission in August.

China successfully launches an Earth observation satellite using a Long March 2C rocket – the first outing for the vehicle since it failed on a mission in August.

The US company Newmont which plans to build a huge open-cast gold mine in northern Peru says it is halting construction after days of protests.

Why rocket scientists are studying smoke signals to understand more about the mysterious northern lights.

Worms survive first space mission in liquid form, establishing them as a key model for studying the long-term effects of weightlessness on animals.

Worms survive first space mission in liquid form, establishing them as a key model for studying the long-term effects of weightlessness on animals.

What is driving George Osborne’s regular science announcements?

MPs describe the government’s response to their recommendations on science lessons as „hugely disappointing”.

The global weather agency says the world continues to warm, as words fly over Canada’s stance on emissions and finance.

Chancellor George Osborne announces an extra £200m for science in his Autumn Statement, including funds for a new laboratory complex in Surrey run by the Institute for Animal Health.

The UK government is to kick-start an innovative project to fly radar spacecraft around the Earth with an initial investment of £21m.

How brain scans help politicians tap into our decisions

The Food Standards Agency finds that most British-grown oysters it tested contains the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.

Scientists in Scotland ask members of the public to help with a project looking at the way whales communicate with each other.

Canada battles to export its controversial new-found oil

Japanese carmakers look to energy-efficient future

A US-based radiologist „recreates” a 307-year-old Stradivarius violin in a move that may benefit music students.