Researchers from Israel say clay mysterious clay artefacts from the Neolithic are the earliest known "matches".

Toxic rocket debris alarms Russian villagers

A website offering parents advice on vaccines has been ordered to remove information about the MMR jab after claiming it could be linked to autism.

Some countries in southern and eastern Europe are falling well below European targets for waste management, an EU report concludes.

Martin Fleischmann, the Czech-born chemist who claimed to have achieved "cold fusion" - a claim later discredited - is reported to have died.

A basking shark photographed with plastic around its nose in the Isle of Man prompts a litter warning from a marine scientist.

Fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago, researchers say.

The Curiosity Mars rover has lifted its mast and used its navigation cameras for the first time.