The degree to which Mars' atmosphere has thinned over time is evident in exquisite new measurements from Nasa's Curiosity rover.

A bizarre sound made by a primate could help to reveal more about the origins of human speech, a study suggests.

Flights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect.

NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, the U.S. space agency announced on Monday.

'Absurd' laws dealing with magic mushrooms, ecstasy and cannabis are hindering medical research, according to a former government drugs adviser.

Vietnam plans to cease broadcasting analogue TV in the five biggest cities by 2015 as digital TV takes over.

Nearly two years after it was sent up to the International Space Station, a giant particle physics detector has provided its first results in the search for the mysterious "dark matter" beli [ … ]

The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover is entering several weeks of low activity as the Red Planet moves behind the Sun as viewed from Earth.

Scientists have found a way to "read" dreams, a study suggests.

A $2bn experiment on the space station has made observations that could prove to be the first signs of dark matter, a mysterious component of the Universe.