science and technology

Like superheroes, their job is to save the planet and this week 180 climate scientists are meeting in Edinburgh to plan their next move.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who has been under scrutiny for the social media company's role in spreading misinformation and inadequately policing content, is calling for regulators to play a "more active role" in establishing rules for the internet.

Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Apple has unveiled its new TV streaming platform, Apple TV+, at a star-studded event in California.

Police in Russia are investigating what could be the world's first documented case of a contract killing ordered via the so-called dark net.

Plans for the first all-female spacewalk in history have been scrapped for lack of a second space suit, the US space agency Nasa says.

The European parliament has backed controversial copyright laws which critics say could change the nature of the internet.

Two deadly crashes involving Boeing’s newest airplane in less than six months puts in jeopardy not only the credibility of the manufacturer, but also new technologies actively being pushed by the world’s top tech firms.

Scientists say they have discovered a "stunning" trove of thousands of fossils on a river bank in China.

This beautiful picture of Jupiter was assembled from three separate images acquired by Nasa's Juno spacecraft as it made another of its close passes of the gas giant.