The UK says it has secured new laws with the European Union which include banning the dumping of unwanted fish, such as mackerel and herring.

The Sun has unleashed the most powerful eruption - a solar flare - of 2013 so far.

Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.

Scientists discuss sex, sleep, drugs and dynamite over a pint of beer at a new festival held in London, Oxford and Cambridge.

Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests.

The US government has demanded that designs for a 3D printed gun be taken offline, citing fears over arms-control laws

Sugar beet farmers are counting the cost of a "mystery" condition resulting in more than 50% of some crops failing.

Europe's first advanced civilisation had a local origin and was not imported from outside the continent, according to a new study.