More than 3,500 post graduates will be trained in engineering and science under a £350m scheme announced by the government.

Great tits have different alarm calls for different predators, according to researchers in Japan.

The European Space Agency's Swarm mission to map the Earth's global magnetic field in unprecedented detail launches from Russia.

Scientists in Spain have received funding to test whether an extinct mountain goat can be cloned from preserved cells.

Scientists have practically obliterated the ultimate symbol of maleness in DNA, the Y chromosome, and believe they may be able to do away with it completely.

Negotiators were preparing for a long final session at the National Stadium in Warsaw as UN talks on climate change crawled to a conclusion.

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio donates $3 million (£1.85 million) to help save tigers in Nepal.

Fred Kavli, founder and chairman of The Kavli Foundation, dies aged 86.