Plans are unveiled for a £97m supercomputer which will boost the Met Office's computing capacity by 13 times, improving weather forecasting and climate modelling.

A fragment of ancient Australia is found under Vanuatu in the South Pacific, raising new questions about how continents are formed.

Two genes are associated with repeat violent offenders, according to a genetic analysis of almost 900 criminals in Finland.

Australia's Academy of Science says a government draft plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef will not prevent its decline.

Google is attempting to diagnose cancers, heart attack risks and other ailments with a system that combines nanoparticles and a wrist-worn sensor.

A new study confirms that giant tortoise numbers on one of the Galapagos Islands have bounced back thanks to captive breeding.