The anatomical secrets of the world's leggiest creature, a millipede with 750 legs, are revealed by researchers.

The "Pandora's box" of unmanned aircraft in the UK's sky is open, say participants in a project to tackle the technological and social aspects of the craft.

BP says it is in "advanced discussions" with US regulators about settling criminal and other claims from the Gulf of Mexico well disaster.

The 16th-Century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is unlikely to have been poisoned, according to a researcher studying his remains.

Nasa orders the data on all its laptops to be encrypted after the latest loss of one of its portable computers.