A proposal to declare almost all of the southern Atlantic Ocean a whale sanctuary is defeated at the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting.

Viewers may soon be able to watch films on soap bubbles - after researchers develop a technology to project images onto a screen made of soap film.

Thumb-sized shrews “warm up” their bodies before taking the plunge into cold water, according to researchers.

A controversial vote at the International Whaling Commission meeting renews whaling quotas for indigenous groups in Alaska, Russia and the Caribbean.

Scientists are to convene in Geneva on Wednesday to reveal the latest results in the hunt for the Higgs boson, as rumours about them reach a crescendo.