The government is expected to give the go-ahead for a consortium including Chinese investors to build the UK's first nuclear plant in a generation on Monday.

The upcoming launch of an Indian spacecraft to Mars is likely to fuel a burgeoning Asian space race.

New global threats from pests and diseases could spell disaster for British forests, experts warn.

Experts are concerned that polio may have made a return in war-torn Syria.

A pioneering operation to improve the function of failing hearts while they are still beating has taken place in the UK for the first time.

Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, reveals that he had his wireless heart implant modified for fear of terrorist attack back in 2007.

The badger cull in Gloucestershire could be halted after a legal challenge from the Badger Trust which says plans to extend the culling period are illegal.

Scientists have moved a step closer to banishing bald spots and reversing receding hairlines after human hair was grown in the laboratory.