Chemical castration has been used on sex offenders in several countries over many years, with some success - but it remains controversial.

Extra cancer screenings for women with dense breasts could save hundreds of lives, according to a new study.

Almost half a billion teenagers around the world will be obese by 2030, experts have warned.

Over the next decade, a wave of solar and wind projects will sweep across the UK to meet both net zero goals and growing energy demand from data centres and AI.

The M&S website was down in the early hours of this morning - hours after the retailer revealed it's facing a £300m hit to profits following last month's ransomware attack.

A natural disaster has been declared in Australia after unprecedented floods in New South Wales.

A registered sex offender was found with a six-year-old girl after he was detected by facial recognition technology.

A new species of bacteria discovered on board a space station could have profound implications for astronauts and long-term travel through the cosmos.

West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has warned investors it is facing a £300m hit to trading profits as a result of last month's ransomware attack.

Feeding astronauts is astronomically expensive and as the idea of humans colonising the moon and Mars becomes increasingly realistic, there's a race to find better ways to feed them.

Elon Musk has said he is committed to remaining as Tesla's chief executive for at least five years, as the electric carmaker faces pressure from consumers and the stock market over his work with Donald Trump's government.

The boss of one of the UK's biggest banks says it is being attacked "all the time" by online criminals and he is kept up at night by cyber threats.

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK from 1 June.

The Met Office has transferred to a new off-site supercomputer - which could make 14-day forecasts as accurate as seven-day equivalents.

A telecoms worker who created AI-generated images of child sex abuse has been sentenced.

A "significant amount of personal data" of people who applied to the Legal Aid Agency - including criminal records - was accessed and downloaded by hackers, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.

A baby born with a rare genetic disease is "growing and thriving" after getting bespoke gene therapy.

TikTok will now show teenagers guided meditation sessions if they're scrolling past 10pm. 

Scientists have discovered key differences under the moon's surface that may explain why its two hemispheres look so different.