A deep-space probe that returned to earth in June managed to bring back dust from an asteroid, Japanese scientists confirm.

London's Natural History Museum suspends a planned expedition to a remote region of Paraguay after protests that it might disturb one of the world's last uncontacted tribes.

Doctors in Glasgow break new medical ground by injecting stem cells into the brain of a stroke patient in a trial to find a potential new treatment.

The idea that human ancestors were using stone tools more than 3.2 million years ago is challenged by a Spanish-led team of researchers.

The site of a famous mass trespass in the Peak District is being fenced to allow the eroded landscape to recover.

US astronomers say they are confident an object studied for 30 years in the M100 galaxy is a black hole.

Conservationists trying to find remnants of amphibian species declared extinct instead discover some new frogs.