Nasa signs an agreement with rocket operator ULA to assess its Atlas 5 as a possible future launcher for human space missions.

India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh may have one of the largest reserves of uranium in the world, the country's chief nuclear officer says.

The government is expected to give final backing to badger culling in England.

Archaeologists believe the site of the first Sainsbury's store in the Highlands was the scene of a Mesolithic "rest stop".

Iran says it is installing centrifuges with "better quality and speed" to improve the uranium enrichment process at its nuclear plants.

Plans to get people to adopt healthier lifestyles will not work unless the government is more prepared to use legislation, peers believe.

Experts ask men from north east Wales to provide a DNA sample to discover why those from the area carry an "extraordinary" genetic make-up.

Stick insects have lived and reproduced for one million years without sex, genetic research reveals.