Inventor Sir James Dyson calls on the government to do more to boost the UK's technology industry, warning of a shortfall of engineering graduates.

An analysis of planet candidates suggests at least one in six stars in the night sky hosts an Earth-sized planet - 17 billion in total.

Toxic pollutants released by oil sands mining operations are accumulating in freshwater ecosystems, a study by Canadian researchers suggests.

Researchers on the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or Nustar, release the collaboration's first results in a pair of striking images.

Kenya's Wildlife Service says it is pursuing a 10-strong gang of ivory poachers suspected of killing an entire family of 11 elephants.

Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity uses rotating wire bristles to sweep dust off the surface of a rock as it searches for a target in which to drill for the first time.

A laser weapons system that can shoot down two drones at a distance of over a mile has been demonstrated by Rheinmetall Defence.

The UK Met Office has revised one of its forecasts for how much the world may warm in the next few years.