The capability of the latest intelligent robots is forcing us to address how far we want these machines integrated into our lives and the sort of "human" relationship we'll have with them.

Scientists in central Australia discover what they say is a 400km-wide underground asteroid crater - the largest impact area ever found.

Scientists report a new species of giant amphibian after digging up multiple fossils from an ancient, dried-up lake where hundreds of the beasts probably died.

Solar energy could provide up to 4% of the UK's electricity by the end of the decade, the government forecasts.

A study suggests that non-native plant species do not pose a risk to native flora, as widely assumed, because negative impacts are limited to localised areas.

Italy must step up efforts to contain a bacterial disease blighting olive trees in the southern province of Lecce, EU officials warn.

The restart of the Large Hadron Collider hits a delay, after a short circuit is detected in one of its powerful electromagnets.