The Australian politician who declared war on Johnny Depp's dogs has a new enemy - the European carp.

British industry is to lead the construction of the Biomass satellite which will use an innovative radar instrument to essentially weigh all the world's trees.

British astronaut Tim Peake says he wants his mission to the space station to change attitudes towards science.

Genes are partly to blame for some dogs getting fat, say scientists who have studied Labrador retrievers.