A study suggests fewer than 50% of children aged eight to 17 read fiction books at least once a month.

Nasa says it will now cost $8.7bn to launch the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018 and operate it for five years.

A 19-year-old is charged in connection with comments on a social media site allegedly inciting people to riot in Fife.

Dubai is an oil-rich state in a region where fuel comes cheap, but the area's first company to recycle restaurants? leftover oil as fuel has opened.

CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists.

Radio antennas that can be sewn directly onto clothes have been developed by US researchers.

HP's discontinued tablet computer, the Touchpad has briefly become the UK's most wanted gadget.

Facebook has announced a major revamp of how users control their privacy on the site.