Getting prepared early for climate change impacts would bring economic benefits to the UK, engineering institutions say.

Despite a massive search launched by security forces in India's north-eastern state of Assam, the six abducted officials of the WWF, a global environmental group, remain untraced.

US scientists believe they have discovered the genetic code that makes some people sleepwalk.

The unmanned X-47B stealth bomber being designed for the US Navy has had its first test flight.

Apollo 14 commander overcame age prejudice for 1971 flight

An elusive spider that lives in snail shells suspended from bushes has been caught on camera by a BBC film crew.

A 95-million-year-old fossil snake is helping scientists understand how these creatures lost their legs through the course of evolutionary time.

US and European companies put forward the concept of a new rocket they say could pick up astronaut launch services not long after shuttle retirement.