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The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has created a new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), seemingly putting these fields at the heart of UK government policy for the ...

Spaceflight has a gender problem. Depending on how you count, 700-ish people have been to space, but only about 100 of them ...

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Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed The UK government’s bid to slash environmental protections is an onslaught on nature and the laws that protect it.

Watch the moment bison were released into the UK Four European bison have been released into ancient woodland in south-east England.

Considerations of science, technology and engineering need to become embedded in the heart of every government department, says Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser.

The UK has missed key opportunities to prepare for the next pandemic says Kate Bingham, the former head of the country’s Vaccine Taskforce.

Technology UK ban on quantum computer exports is pointless, say researchers The UK government has set limits on the capabilities of quantum computers that can be exported from the country and has ...

Earnings for scientists and engineers in the UK have grown faster than inflation this year, but Brexit uncertainty casts a shadow over future prospects, according to the 2019 New Scientist/SRG ...

Technology UK's quantum computing sector is flourishing after early investment Investment that the UK government started in quantum technologies in 2013 seems to have paid off by enabling the ...

Insight and Health There are thousands more UK deaths than usual and we don’t know why Since April, there have been 22,500 more deaths than expected in the UK.