Scientists engineer wheat varieties that are resistant to stem rust, a fungal disease that can devastate wheat crops.

The veteran Voyager-1 space probe is close to making the jump to interstellar space, but no-one can say for sure when it will finally happen.

The shock wave from an asteroid that burned up over Russia in February was so powerful that it travelled twice around the globe, scientists say.

Bees, moths and butterflies are suffering in the UK this year following the late, cold spring, a National Trust report reveals.

The UK is in line to become the first country to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people, after the government backed the IVF technique.

The government dismisses a proposal by National Grid that big shops and factories could be paid to cut their energy at peak times to prevent shortages.

A novel way of packing more data in optical communications by using "twisted light" is shown to work in optical fibres - with terabit-per-second rates.

A museum in Sweden will digitise its mummy collection using photos and X-ray scans, allowing visitors to unwrap a real mummy in digital form.