The officially appointed Climate Change Committee warns the UK's CO2 emissions are rising, not falling as ministers claim.

New results in the quest to determine why our Universe is made of matter rather than antimatter are reported - but the question remains unanswered.

A robotic sidekick could soon be helping field engineers fix faulty equipment in remote and unfamiliar locations.

The earliest satellite maps of Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice have been assembled by scientists, showing the floes around the White Continent back in the 1960s were probably as extensive as they are now.

Birdsong is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of a new series titled Tweet of the Day, which will air before the Today programme for the next year.