Ministers begin talks at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, amid warnings that time is running out to curb climate change.

Japan's first space probe bound for Venus has failed to enter the planet's orbit, the country's space agency says.

The force of light particles can be harnessed to provide the same kind of "lift" that puts planes in the air, researchers say.

Snails with shells that coil in an anti-clockwise direction are more likely to survive attacks by predatory snakes, say researchers.

A private US capsule that could soon haul cargo and astronauts to the space station is set to make its first demonstration flight.

Scientists have rediscovered in a cave in Kenya, collecting the first "terrible hairy fly" specimen since 1948, a statement said Wednesday.

US space agency has been NASA left red-faced after selling off computers without ensuring that highly sensitive data had been removed.

UK Climate Secretary Chris Huhne is set to fly back to London from the UN climate summit for the Thursday's Commons vote on student tuition fees.