A new burrowing robot for anchoring miniature submarines has been developed, inspired by the Atlantic razor clam.

Researchers say that plans to restrict wind farms to the seas around Britain will require significantly larger subsidies.

UN experts say they underestimated the gains carmakers have made in fuel efficiency, but a huge expected increase in global traffic may outweigh this.

UK scientists have challenged the idea that the Titanic was unlucky for sailing in a year when there were an exceptional number of icebergs in the North Atlantic.

Hundreds of millions of pounds have been wasted on Tamiflu, a drug for flu that may work no better than paracetamol, a landmark analysis says.

Scientists list the world's most distinctive and endangered birds.

New research shows that when a threat comes into view fruit flies make split-second turns reminiscent of those made by fighter jets.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has staged a minor coup over coalition energy policy, says Roger Harrabin.