Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, researchers say.

US astronomers have managed to peer deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter using a radio telescope here on Earth.

A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, its US inventors say.

Snails use two brain cells to make "complex decisions", a team of scientists finds.

Nepal's army begins work to drain rising waters in a lake near Everest, one the highest projects of its kind.

Ancient underwater remains thought to be a "long lost city" are in fact the result of a naturally occurring phenomenon, researchers find.

The Universe may be expanding up to 9% faster than previously thought, according to new measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope.