Technology

Preliminary readings of sites in Arizona and southern California indicate that the US has suffered its hottest March day on record.

A NASA spacecraft is now back on its launchpad ahead of the first lunar exploration mission in more than 50 years, after a month of delays.

Scientists in the UK have created the first lab-grown oesophagus and implanted it in pigs, which have been able to use it to swallow food.

The government has said it will directly fund the clear-up of 48,000 tonnes of waste at illegal tips in the north of England, following criticism of a north-south divide on tackling waste crime.

Online forum 4Chan has been fined £450,000 by regulator Ofcom for failing to have age checks in place to stop children from seeing pornography on its site.