Scientists work out how boa constrictors kill their prey, busting the myth that the snakes suffocate their victims.

Astronauts from Russia, the US and Japan successfully dock at the International Space Station, on a flight postponed since April.

Families need an annual household income of at least £45,000 to be able to enjoy the natural beauty of their environment.

Engineers have successfully tested a mobile bridge based on origami that could be deployed in disaster zones.

The government has temporarily lifted a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides in certain parts of the country.

A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth.

A 4,000 year-old Bronze Age skeleton, believed to be that of a child, is unearthed by archaeologists at a dig in Wiltshire.