Andre Brahic, one of the people who discovered the rings of Neptune, has died aged 73, his publisher says.

By 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change, a UK charity warns.

Nissan has admitted Qashqai models allegedly fitted with so-called defeat devices were built at its Sunderland plant in the UK.

April was the seventh month in a row to have broken global temperature records, Nasa figures show.

An "intelligent" prosthetic limb, improved MRI scanners and green engines are the three finalists for a major UK engineering prize.

India is to divert water from major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Ganges to deal with severe drought, a senior minister tells the BBC.