China is due to launch its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1 - an important next step in the nation's quest to build and operate a manned space station.

Scientists have discovered the anatomy behind the strange bellowing sound that male koalas make during mating season.

An application to test drill for gas in the Vale of Glamorgan will be discussed by the county council's planning committee later.

A nuclear physics professor becomes the latest scientist to be killed in the restive Syrian city of Homs, as battles continue in nearby Rastan.

A federal court in Brazil stops building work on what was set to become the world's third largest hydro-electric dam project.

The development of self-healing materials has surged forward as scientists have taken inspiration from biological systems.

A Long March rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, launches from the north of the country.

A rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.