Russia delays for about a month the return of three astronauts on the International Space Station after the recent failure of its supply spaceship.

Rescue work resumes after the latest deadly earthquake in Nepal, after thousands of scared residents spent the night in the open.

The European Space Agency gives financial backing to a Scottish project to use new technology to map tick hotspots and tackle Lyme disease.

A high level group of scientists is to be recruited to provide independent advice to the European Commission, replacing the former role of the chief scientific advisor.

Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake was almost certainly triggered by the stress changes caused by the 25 April event that has so far claimed 8,000 lives.

The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal on Tuesday lies right under one of the most landslide-prone parts of the country.

The New Horizons probe, heading for its historic flyby of Pluto in July, has now caught sight of all the known faint moons of the dwarf planet.

Prince Charles asked the Blair government to consider the culling of badgers, historic documents reveal.