Lib Dem energy and climate secretary Ed Davey is to make an unprecedented attack on "blinkered" and "publicity-seeking" climate change sceptics.

One of the energy firms hoping to exploit the UK's resources of shale gas says it may be sitting on significantly more gas than previously thought.

A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US from the West Coast to the East Coast begins its third leg, flying from Dallas, Texas, to St Louis, Missouri.

An operation to raise a German World War II bomber from the bottom of the English Channel has been postponed for at least a week due to bad weather.

Doctors at a European meeting of anaesthetists will call for global agreement on the criteria and length of time taken to diagnose death.

The European Space Agency celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Mars Express mission, which was launched to the Red Planet in June 2003.

Researchers studying Italian pottery vessels found in France from 500 BC establish that they contained wine - and the beginnings of France's wine culture.