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Forty years ago, a photographer spent a week following India's dreaded "bandit king" Malkhan Singh.

A lawyer calls the ruling pioneering as her client could declare herself as a "co-carer".

The legal wrangle has dragged on for seven years, since Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine.

As more people try to live environmentally friendly lives, how do we make sex more sustainable?

The story of a controversial physics question on the qualifying exam for the 2014 US Physics Olympiad team. How does a uniform cable beneath a helicopter han...

A new chapter in physics is here, says a team that hunted for a key building block of the Universe.

The world's wealthiest people make a huge contribution to climate change through carbon-hungry activities. How can we reduce emissions from the rich?

Human activity and wildfires have turned highly protected forests into net sources of carbon, a study suggests.

The social media giant says the new name will better encompass what it does.

The decision is being seen as part of a larger bid to crackdown on vanity projects.

A sample of the Native American leader's hair confirms the identity of his great-grandson.

If we ended the use of fossil fuels tomorrow, we would still face huge challenges in stopping climate change – in no small part because of one very common household ingredient.

The hearing in Congress marks the first time top oil executives have answered questions under oath

With a bang and a roar, ejector seats in planes have saved thousands of lives. Paul Marks charts their remarkable development.

BBC News has been given access to ShotSpotter, the controversial US technology company that detects gunshots.

Scientists discover California condors can give birth without any male genetic DNA.

The restored mosaic at Hisham's Palace in the city of Jericho is one of the largest in the world.

Two complete sculptures appearing to be a man and a woman were found at a site in Buckinghamshire.

A ban on some pro-Beijing "editors" may lead to bias in the online encyclopaedia, some people fear.

The island nation was one of the last countries in the world not to have reported any infections.

But US agencies say the virus, first identified in China, was not developed as a biological weapon.

The attack by men who identified themselves as Taliban has left at least two dead, officials say.

Archaeologists discovered the boat during construction work on a new tourist train network.

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