A US start-up releases its analysis of Prof Stephen Hawking's brainwaves, potentially paving the way to new speech synthesis equipment.

Four times as many homes and firms risk flooding in the next 20 years if the UK does not prepare for climate change, a committee says.

How Fukushima's quake vulnerability was glossed over

San Francisco's Department of Environment plans to ban city agencies from buying Macs after Apple pulls out of an environmental scheme.

Islamist fighters destroy two tombs at the Malian city of Timbuktu's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents say.

Australia declares more than 10 million hectares of Aboriginal land in its central desert its largest protected area.

Scientists use DNA fingerprinting techniques to trace the origins of the global bed bug boom.

Lance Armstrong continues his court battle in an attempt to prevent the US Anti-Doping Agency from charging him with using performance-enhancing drugs.