It's a nervous wait for a €5bn rocket to launch. But it's worse if you're inside mission HQ

New government plans could stop us accessing the internet freely. We should beware

A new generation of powerful viral batteries could mean a breakthrough for electric cars

Reports today that News International will move the Sunday Times online to a "paid-for" model are part of a more general shift away from a "free as in free beer" internet, as I mentioned in my...

Where did the modern human race originate? And how did we disperse throughout the globe? These questions form the basis for the BBC series The Incredible Human Journey, which this weekend features...

Parts of Britain as yet unable to access by fast internet services—sometimes slightly annoyingly called "not spots"—have been promised pipes in the none too distant future. Indeed, there has been...

Despite what green lobbyists and celebrity chefs like Jamie Oliver might have us believe, diseases like swine flu are less likely to develop in factory farms, not more so, argues Vivienne Parry this...

Unraveling the deepest secrets of our universe—including how it was formed—may sound like a task too ambitious for our lifetime, but this is what today's cosmologists are planning to do, reports...

Britain's got talent, but what about kindness? Is the nation's love for TV talent shows and celebrity flagellation indicative of an enduring pleasure in cruelty? These questions are explored by...

The last ten years have seen dramatic changes in what we expect from summer festivals. Not so long ago the choices were limited to tunnelling under the fence at Glastonbury, or champagne and warbling...