Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

The wettest April in more than a century has caused problems for many UK butterflies, bees and other bugs, say conservationists.

A rubber chicken wearing an outfit knitted from plastic bags by a woman from Rugby is to be launched into space by Nasa on Sunday.

Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.

The threat rhinos face from poachers in some parts of Africa and Asia is now spreading to the UK.

RAF Kinloss is the focus of a new probe into radioactive contamination, linked to the use of "glow in the dark" paint on WWII aircraft.

Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.

The first privately operated delivery to the space station is set to open a new era in human spaceflight