MI5 set to recruit science chief

MI5 is to appoint a chief scientific adviser, whose brief will include work on combating the terror threat, BBC News has learned.

The new Q?

It's not all ejector seats - MI5 seeks science chief

Plan to boost electric car sales

Motorists will be offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to encourage them to buy electric and hybrid cars under government plans.

West Africa faces ‘megadroughts’

Droughts lasting centuries occur regularly in West Africa, scientists find - and another one is coming, climate change or not.

Pandas opt for low-cal sweeteners

Red pandas have shown a preference for artificial sweeteners that has puzzled researchers.