Archaeologists are describing a Viking boat burial find as the most important discovery of its kind to be made on the UK mainland.

Reef fish work together to catch their dinner, scientists find, with one fish chasing prey while others block escape routes.

A malaria vaccine shows promising results in a clinical trial in Africa.

"Organised" football was being played in castle courtyards in Scotland more than 500 years ago, museum experts find.

How shipwrecks are threatening Nigeria's coastline

Social network sites such as Facebook may be changing people's brains as well as their social lives, research suggests.

Unique challenge of building the world's fastest car

Plans for a pioneering carbon capture project at Longannet coal-fired power station have been scrapped, the UK energy secretary confirms.