Concerns that Britain's ageing electrical grid has limited capacity for renewable energy has sparked a race to get connected.

Communities dependent upon the world's tropical forests can estimate an area's carbon stocks as effectively as hi-tech systems, a study shows.

The Gloucestershire badger cull may not reach the target of killing 70% of badgers even after an eight-week extension, official documents confirm.

Parents are risking their babies' health because of a surge in the popularity of swaddling, according to an orthopaedic surgeon.

William C Lowe, who supervised the birth of IBM's first personal computer, dies aged 72 from a heart attack.

A British man is accused of hacking into a series of high-profile US networks, including the US Army and Nasa, to steal personal information.

A railway line underneath the Bosphorus Strait opens in Istanbul, Turkey, the world's first sea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia.

US police are using a James Bond-like tool to make car chases safer and the firm behind the gadget wants to bring them to the UK.