A global scientific research programme is launched in China to examine the unintended consequences of urban policies on human health and wellbeing.

Scientists working on Nasa's Curiosity rover think they can now explain why there is a huge mountain at the robot's landing site in Mars' Gale Crater.

Foxes are officially declared a pest in New South Wales but there is concern people are keeping them as pets.

Australia was the worst performing industrial country in terms of climate change in 2014, a new report says.

Scientists build a 'virtual lab' to predict the useful properties of clay-polymer composites from their atomic make-up.