Researchers say they have worked out the meaning of the gestures that wild chimpanzees use to communicate.

Some people are unhappy in their own company and prefer painful experiences to their own thoughts, claims a contentious new study.

One of Europe's premier scientific research laboratories - the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility - is to go through a 150m-euro (£120m) upgrade.

US conservationists and a satellite imaging company have teamed up to use the power of crowdsourcing to halt the spread of destructive invasive plants.