An ancient pear tree due to be chopped down to make way for the HS2 high-speed rail line is voted the best in England.

The chancellor needs to "supercharge" the UK's science base with more funding, says the new chairwoman of the House of Commons science committee.

Global temperatures are set to rise more than 1C above pre-industrial levels in 2015, according to the UK's Met Office.

The IAAF will on Monday learn the findings of an independent report into claims of doping cover-ups in Russian athletics.

The winners of science and maths prizes worth $22m have been announced at a glittering ceremony in Silicon Valley.

The test model for what will become the "back end" of the Orion spaceship is sent from Europe to the US for evaluation.

Russia should be suspended from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends.

Two possible cryo-volcanoes are identified on the surface of Pluto - huge mountains with a hole in the top that may spew a slurry of ices.