Nature and Science

“Civilization killers” are one thing, but when it comes to earth-bound objects, smaller rocks matter too.

I discuss this question in the context of the need for an independent, authoritative perspective on technology assessment in my latest column for Bridges....

As the cost of fuel soars and the pressure mounts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, several schemes for a new generation of airship are being considered.

Italian ministers declare a "state of emergency" at the ancient ruined city of Pompeii as it sinks deeper into disrepair.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect.

Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says medical profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients.

Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says medical profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.

An Oxford mathematician’s breezy tour through the integers and elsewhere.

Japan rues being bundled into a Kyoto deal

Japan rues being bundled into a Kyoto deal

The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft show.

An Australian government advisor on climate change calls for a national emissions trading scheme to combat global warming.

Punk-loving robots pogo in the name of science

Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.

Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volcanic activity has played a central role in forging the surface of Mercury, scientists said on Thursday based on data collected by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the closest planet to the sun in January.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volcanic activity has played a central role in forging the surface of Mercury, scientists said on Thursday based on data collected by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the closest planet to the sun in January.

The government has decided against a cull of badgers in England to control TB in cattle, the BBC understands.