This has been a summer to remember, not least because of the unusual and prolonged spells of heat and sunshine. | Continue reading
When Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon’s surface in July 1969, it was not only a giant leap for mankind, but was also thought to have been the first time the satellite had ever hosted life. | Continue reading
Designer babies are on the horizon after an influential group of scientists concluded that it could be ‘morally permissible’ to genetically engineer human embryos. | Continue reading
An octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp. | Continue reading
The trapped youngsters and their coach may have appeared elated and calm after British divers discovered them on Monday, but their ordeal will take a huge physical and mental toll, according to experts. | Continue reading
When a Cambridge don of Indian heritage announced last week that she would no longer teach for a certain college in protest at “racist profiling and aggression” by the college porters, some onlookers – including yours truly – recoiled. | Continue reading
Tesla shares recorded their biggest drop since March yesterday, after a report suggested the electric car maker had removed a test from its Model 3 production process last week in a bid to hit its targets. | Continue reading
On a bright Los Angeles morning in 1964, the esteemed science fiction writer Harlan Ellison clambered onto a long boardroom table, ran its length and skidded, legs first, into the shocked executive at the other end. | Continue reading
A well-known Japanese blogger and expert on the “dark web” was stabbed to death by an internet user he had clashed with online shortly after delivering a lecture on how to manage online disputes. | Continue reading
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has been pivotal to astronomy and navigation since the beginning of time. | Continue reading
Villagers in west Africa have been photographed in a series of stunning images that show a startlingly close relationship between crocodiles and humans. | Continue reading
The European Commission has claimed it is not subject to the strict new data protection law that it has imposed across Europe, following an “embarrassing” leak of personal data on its website. | Continue reading
Oxford University exam times were increased in a bid to improve the low scores of women, it has emerged. | Continue reading
Facebook has admitted to sharing user data with several Chinese companies, including Huawei, a telecoms company highlighted as a threat to national security by US officials. | Continue reading
Sex robots are unlikely to solve loneliness or reduce sex crimes, NHS doctors say. | Continue reading
Neil Lyndon explains why he is so utterly in love with the Volkswagen Golf. | Continue reading
News that men are too fearful of a trip to HR to help out their female colleagues is final proof that the gender equality project has backfired, writes Martin Daubney | Continue reading
The history of human evolution has been rewritten after scientists discovered that Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa. | Continue reading
Robo-adviser Moneyfarm has raised £40m in the largest European fundraising round of its kind, despite a regulatory crackdown on online investment platforms. | Continue reading
The NHS may soon be unable to safely offer caesareans and hip operations because of soaring levels of antibiotic resistance in British hospitals, the chief medical officer for England is warning. | Continue reading
FORGET dangers from giant meteors: Earth is facing another threat from outer space. Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles. | Continue reading
Gene-edited super-crops are to be sown in Britain in a European-first after scientists exploited a legal loophole. | Continue reading
Keeping children cocooned in ultra-clean homes away from other youngsters could trigger childhood leukaemia, a landmark study suggests. | Continue reading
PayPal is swooping for Swedish payments start-up iZettle in a $2. | Continue reading
Exercise does not slow down mental decline and may even make dementia worse, a new study suggests. | Continue reading
Adventurer Patrick Woodhead led the first ever east-to-west crossing of Antarctica, and this week sees the publication of his thriller Beneath The Ice, which is set on the icy continent. Here he shares what he has learnt | Continue reading
Raphael Ravenscroft, who has died aged 60, received only £27 for his great saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's song Baker Street – and the cheque bounced | Continue reading
An ocean zone nobody knew existed, which is home to more than 100 new species, has been discovered by Oxford University. | Continue reading
A cure for baldness could be on the horizon after British scientists discovered that an osteoporosis drug stimulates hair growth three times quicker than other drugs. | Continue reading
NHS trusts which hire management consultants in a bid to cut costs end up spending more, new research suggests. | Continue reading
A revolutionary genetic editing technique designed to repair faulty DNA could be used by criminals to evade justice, experts have said. | Continue reading
British Airways and Virgin planes have been warned to stay within an hour of an airport over safety fears for their Rolls-Royce engines. | Continue reading
A young mother has been jailed for 11 years for stabbing her occasional boyfriend as they has sexual intercourse after texting him to say men should only be used as "human sacrifice". | Continue reading
Fresh fears have been raised over the role of mobile phones in brain cancer after new evidence revealed rates of a malignant type of tumour have doubled in the last two decades. | Continue reading
It is the source of one of the world’s most popular mineral waters, but the eastern French town of Vittel risks running dry. | Continue reading
An Australian country GP has saved a boy's life by using a household drill to bore into his brain after he was injured in a bike accident. | Continue reading
The world’s oldest known spider has died at the age of 43, outliving its nearest rival by 15 years, Australian scientists have reported. | Continue reading