Temperature tolerance is key to the spread of wasp spiders into northern Europe, according to scientists.

The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago, widely implicated in killing off the dinosaurs, was probably a fast-moving comet, researchers say.

University of Leicester students calculate the power contained in the breath of MPs as they debate - but it falls short of helping with heating bills.

The last surviving member of the team which first conquered Mount Everest in 1953 dies aged 89 in a Derbyshire nursing home.

A billboard that draws humidity from the air in a rain-starved part of Peru delivers 96 litres of water a day - and has become a local attraction.