Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is set to reopen the debate about genetic modification by calling for the reform of crop licensing at EU level.

The plights of the world's threatened birds show the value of investing in conservation, according to an international report.

A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.

Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests.

A successful "drop test" is conducted on Europe's IXV, an experimental re-entry vehicle that will help engineers design the next generation of spacecraft.

China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.

Researchers have created the first high-resolution 3D map of the human brain which they have called "Big Brain".

A South American plant with a 10ft (3m) tall flower spike is about to bloom in a Surrey glasshouse for the first time since it was planted 15 years ago.