Emails reveal the Food Standards Agency planned to test every horse for bute last November but acted only after the crisis began.

Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to sponsor the British Bloodhound project to drive a car beyond 1,000mph.

Conservation organisations call for the regulations to be tightened on the use of a shipping chemical that has killed or injured thousands of seabirds.

A look back at the remarkable photos and videos posted from the International Space Station by outgoing Commander Chris Hadfield, who is due to return to Earth.

A BAE Systems aircraft flies without a pilot in UK airspace shared with passenger flights for the first time.

A European shrub is disrupting ecosystems in the US Midwest and threatening amphibian populations, say US researchers.

Eating insects could help fight world hunger, improve nutrition and reduce pollution, according to a new UN report.

Joe Farman, the man who helped identify the "hole" in the ozone layer over Antarctica, dies after a short illness aged 82.