Politicians at a UN climate conference in Bonn, Germany are refusing to discuss whether their polices will actually protect the climate.

A Nobel laureate resigns from his position as honorary professor at a UK university after making comments about the "trouble with girls" in science.

Three astronauts are due to return from the International Space Station after their original departure was delayed by a month over a rocket failure.

The ability to digest milk appears to have become common only very recently in Europe, according to a new study.

Negotiators have been accused of spending too much time on detail and "not getting around to any actual homework" at interim climate talks in Germany.

The European Space Agency releases some pictures that may include its lost comet lander, Philae.

International talks in Bonn have made progress towards a new global deal on climate change, says the UN, amid calls from NGOs for a faster pace.

Police are investigating after footage of 16 fox cubs held in a barn near to hunt kennels in North Yorkshire emerges.