Too much sugar in nectar slows down bees, a study has found.

The world's oldest asteroid crater has been discovered in Western Australia, which could have ended an Ice Age, according to scientists.

Netflix gained almost nine million new subscribers in its fourth quarter, boosted by releases including a new season of royal drama The Crown and two…

The UK's data regulator has published a set of standards which it believes will force tech companies to take protecting children online seriously.

More than four out of five people in the UK support the greater use of drones by the emergency services, as long as stringent safety, security and…

Disney has revealed details of its Disney+ launch in the UK.

Chinese authorities have confirmed a deadly virus that has infected more than 200 people in four countries can be transmitted via human-to-human contact.

Sperm should be added to the list of human tissue that can be donated after death, academics say.

Autonomous pods, which could be used to provide mass driverless transport, will be tested on the public for the first time on Tuesday.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch have completed work to change the batteries on the International Space Station's solar power grid in…

Apple has released two new slow-motion selfie (or "slofie") videos to show off the feature available on the iPhone 11, although consumers still seem…

Facebook has blamed a "technical error" after it translated the name of China's President Xi Jinping as "Mr S***hole".

Samsung is taking aim at the washing machine and dryer with a new home laundry system it is calling the AirDresser, which is available in the UK from…

A third person has died in a virus outbreak in China as 139 new cases of the illness were found over the weekend, health officials have said.

SpaceX has blown up a rocket to test an astronaut escape system as part of the company's final trial before it can fly manned missions. 

New disaster series COBRA opened with a mayday call and a pilot in distress as a plane lost control over the UK.

Britain's data watchdog has been criticised for failing to punish companies involved in what has been described as the UK's largest recorded data breach.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said the government is taking the rise of child sexual exploitation (CSE) material online seriously but refused to allow concerned…

The European Union is considering a ban on the use of facial recognition software in public areas as it considers how to regulate the technology.

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has asked one of the platform's most famous and controversial users, Elon Musk, how the service could be improved.

Wireless on-street charging for electric taxis is to be trialled in the UK for the first time.

Star Wars heroes are no strangers to bionic hands, and a young fan who lost all four limbs to meningitis now has his own artificial arm that would…

Sepsis is a bigger killer than bowel, breast and pancreatic cancer combined, according to a new study.

HIV transmissions among gay and bisexual men have dropped 73% since 2014, according to figures from Public Health England.

Japan has confirmed a case of the new coronavirus that has killed one person and infected dozens more in China.

One million birds are feared dead due to an unprecedented heatwave over an enormous stretch of the Pacific known as "the blob".

As dinosaurs evolved into birds they shrank in order to become warm blooded, according to a new theory hoping to put to bed one of the remaining controversies…

The past decade was the hottest on record around the world, with 2019 one of the warmest years ever, scientists have confirmed.

Scientists have been amazed by "strange objects" discovered near the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

Scientists may be poised to bring the northern white rhino back from the very brink of extinction having successfully created another viable embryo…

President Trump has attacked Apple on Twitter, criticising what he incorrectly characterised as the company "refusing to unlock" iPhones to assist…

Britons are being urged to be on their guard after a fraudster claiming to be from Amazon swindled two people out of £15,000.

Being wealthy can add years to a healthy lifespan, new research suggests.

Women who have sex at least once a week start the menopause later than those who make love less than once a month, according to a new study.