British mathematician has been awarded one of the discipline’s top prizes for solving a numerical problem that baffled experts for three centuries.
Sir Andrew Wiles,...
SpaceX has another launch under its belt, but not another rocket landing.
The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off carrying a broadcasting satellite for Luxembourg-based...
An estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have died in Antarctica after a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food, according to research.
Penguins in Cape...
Assisted reproduction is an “evolutionary experiment” that could prove as big a health disaster as junk food, a scientist has warned.
Dr Pascal Gagneux, an...
One of Japan’s most active volcanoes has erupted spectacularly with a fiery blast that sent lava rolling down its slopes.
Japanese television showed an orange...
Scientists have been given permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time in the UK.
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)...
