Scientists find lab-dwelling fruit flies will eat one another - a discovery that could shed light on the biology of cannibalism.

A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant absorber.

Women may be more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases than men, a study of 600,000 medical records suggests.

A revamp of planning rules in Scotland could see wind farms being outlawed in the country's national parks and designated scenic areas.

IBM scientists use a few dozen atoms as stars in their film A Boy and his Atom, which has garnered the title of world's smallest movie.

Mental tasks are impaired at high altitude, meaning big decisions are best avoided, says the first UK professor of aerospace medicine.

Satellite images reveal that 2,275 homes were destroyed during a military raid to hunt down militant Islamists in the northern Nigerian town of Baga last month, a rights group says.

Newly discovered bones prove the first permanent British settlers in North America turned to cannibalism over the winter of 1609-10, US researchers say.