Behold Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

A Nasa probe returns the most detailed pictures ever of one of the Solar System's biggest…

UK animal experiments fall by 5% – annual figures

Home Office annual figures show that animal experiments carried out in the UK fell by 5%…

Timelapse of museum’s new star attraction

Which creature is taking the place of Dippy the dinosaur?

Blue whale takes centre-stage at Natural History Museum

Move over Dippy - Earth's biggest animal is now the star attraction at the Natural History…

Gif and image written into the DNA of bacteria

Images and a short film are inserted into bacteria DNA and recovered with 90% accuracy.

Splitting the atom

The government is about to set out its position on membership of Europe's nuclear regulator after…

Do the oceans need new rules?

Why are scientists are worried about the open seas?

Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic

A block of ice a quarter the size of Wales calves from the eastern side of…

Swansea tidal lagoon review head Charles Hendry ‘hopeful’

It is six months since an independent review backed a planned £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea…

‘Make new rules’ to save the oceans

New rules are urgently needed to protect the open seas, scientists warn.