Climate change could cost Canada around 1% of its GDP by 2050 in environmental damage, a government panel finds.

The 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes pay humorous tribute to the science behind procrastination, the sex lives of confused beetles, and a wasabi fire alarm.

Researchers show off a "flying carpet" made of a conductive plastic wriggled by electric currents - an approach that could even find use on Mars missions.

One of the world's most powerful "atom smashers", at the leading edge of scientific discovery for two decades, is about to shut down.

Nasa's Messenger probe sees great swathes of shallow, rimless depressions on the surface of Mercury

A pioneering UK test of a potential technical fix for global warming will be delayed for six months while scientists discuss the project with stakeholders.