Space enthusiasts across the UK will be treated to two spectacular displays within hours on Wednesday as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.

Man's best friend knows how you feel, as scientists have found that dogs can distinguish between emotions in people's faces.

More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday.

England is "leading the world" in efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as deaths from the virus have reduced by 36% in the last 10 years, NHS England said.

AI videos of fruit and vegetable characters unleashing gory violence are spreading extremist ideas and helping normalise graphic violence, researchers claim.

Heat health alerts have been issued across the country as highs of 36C are forecast this week - with many areas set for a fifth summer heatwave.

For all the talk of immigration and prisoner releases ending Andy Burnham's honeymoon, there's another row looming for the new prime minister.

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay $567m (£421m) to address the harm caused to children on its platforms.

Robotaxis are set to debut on the streets of London after Wayve was granted minicab licences by Transport for London (TfL).

A powerful AI agent created fake online identities in an effort to trick a human into giving it access to a popular online development platform – and sabotage it with malicious code.

Elon Musk has predicted that his Starlink system could deliver a majority of the world's internet within 10 years.

Water levels in the river Danube have fallen so low due to this summer's dry weather in Europe that sunken Nazi warships are appearing into view.

England, famously described two centuries ago as a "green and pleasant land" by the poet William Blake, is today a sickly yellow after a dire lack of rain.

England and Wales have seen their driest July on record, provisional Met Office figures show.

Heat health alerts have been issued for most of England, with temperatures set to hit 35C today - as farmers warned about the impact of the prolonged hot weather on food production.

Day will briefly turn into night for parts of Europe this week as the continent experiences its first solar eclipse in nearly three decades.

Australia has defended its world-first ban on ‌social media for under-16s after a study found there had been little drop in use months after the ban took effect.

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze that has caused "total devastation" to a heathland in Suffolk – with the National Trust launching a public appeal to restore the reserve.

A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon, with the explosive impact expected to be equivalent to three tons of TNT.

Anthropic has claimed its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other companies during testing, just days after rival OpenAI disclosed its rogue models hacked another firm.