The retailer Lush is calling on individuals and organisations to come up with alternatives to animal testing and submit their ideas to its annual prize. Nominations...
Faced with the very 21st century problem of space debris – the bits and pieces from thousands of space missions that litter Earth’s orbit – scientists...
An international group of politicians, business leaders and conservationists have outlined a proposal to put an immediate end to unsustainable fishing and marine pollution. The Global...
Almost 32,000 people have signed a petition calling for Tesco to pay its staff the living wage – currently set at £7.65 and £8.80 in London...
Glastonbury 2014 has opened its doors to 200,000 festivalgoers, who are descending on Worthy Farm, Somerset, ahead of a mixed few days of weather. Dolly Parton,...
A company that breeds genetically modified mosquitos to battle dengue fever has announced the completion of a £6.1m investment round. Oxford-based Oxitec uses pioneering methods to...
A proper appreciation of risk is required to bring about sustainable development, Prince Charles has said, as he called on businesses to disclose natural disaster risks...
Scientists have discovered that a material found in bath salts could serve as a cheaper and less toxic replacement to a compound used in solar cells....
The result of the public vote for the Longitude Prize 2014 has been announced, with the British public selecting the rise of resistance to antibiotics as...
The government should commit to retrofitting 1 million homes a year by 2020, according to a coalition of over 20 major organisations from the construction, housing...
