Huge disparities between Western and Eastern Europe in tackling the AIDS virus mean the HIV crisis in the region is far from over, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced

Andy Ross, Chief Information Technology officer at SHL explains how the power of technology is revolutionising the world of work

The market for carbon offsets from planting trees and preserving forests, worth nearly $150m to date, could stall without a US climate bill or a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, a recent report said.

Space shuttle Endeavour and its six crew members wrapped up a 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station on Sunday with a precision touchdown in Florida

Health targets trumpeted by international bodies are often dismissed as little more than empty promises, but data from the World Health Organisation shows they really can focus minds and deliver results

Many of NASA’s research labs are old, and budget cuts have seriously jeopardised scientific research at the space agency, according to a National Research Council report

A row has broken out over plans by UNESCO to award a prize for life sciences named after the leader of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea, whose government is widely accused of corruption and rights abuses

Political turmoil, a brain drain of scientists and waning interest have transformed Russia from a nation that launched the first satellite into an increasingly minor player in the world of science, according to a report

New satellite imaging technology is making it easier for the international community to keep an eye on the activities of some nations. From new developments, to the work of some of the world’s most dangerous leaders

Rich nations have to do more – a lot more – to slash their CO2 output. CCS technology can help, says Stan Dessens, chairman of the National Taskforce CCS in The Netherlands, but we need to be quick if it’s to work in time

Google Inc delighted free-speech advocates as it threatened to pull out of China over censorship and cyber attacks, but the move upends one of the company’s most important growth initiatives

Efforts to develop a vaccine triggered by human sweat, and to control mosquitoes using carnivorous plants, were among 78 science projects that have won backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation