New data from the World Meteorological Organization says that atmospheric levels of CO2 and methane have broken new records.

Scientists have studied the fluid dynamics of urine "splashback", with hygiene implications for men and women.

The company building Britain's first nuclear power station in a generation has denied a suggestion that the new plant would use controversial MOX fuel.

Woodland Trust chief says increasing people's access to green spaces can cut billions of pounds from the NHS healthcare bill.

Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, says a Swiss forensic report obtained by al-Jazeera.

Toyota previews a concept car that lacks a steering wheel, instead suggesting drivers would control it by shifting their body weight.

A new super-predator dinosaur that roamed the earth 80 million years ago is discovered in southern Utah.

The threat of another asteroid strike like the one that hit Russia this year has been underestimated, a study suggests.