North Korea says it has successfully carried out its third nuclear test, a widely anticipated move that has drawn international condemnation.

Radar supplier Thales is given funding to look into alternative ways of managing air traffic control.

The fishing industry in Iceland is shrugging off the prospect of European trade sanctions if it continues to over-fish one of Scotland's most valuable stocks.

The EU budget deal alarms the European Commission and conservationists who want to incentivise farmers more to protect wildlife.

Scientists develop a computer program that can reconstruct long-dead languages, making quick work of what would take human linguists far longer.

Reg Turnill, the BBC's aerospace correspondent from the beginning of the space age through to the shuttle era, has died aged 97.

An EU decision to reclassify a type of minced meat played a significant part in creating the horsemeat crisis, an-ex Food Standards Agency scientist says.