Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.

The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.

US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.