Doctors record a person's brain waves as they go unconscious on the operating table.

Plans to force councils in England to bring back weekly bin collections are to be dropped by ministers, the BBC understands.

Scientists say research into mental illnesses such as depression is facing a funding crisis.

Researchers at Glasgow University develop a microchip that is helping speed up DNA analysis and could revolutionise health care.

Japan's cabinet approves plan to help Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) compensate victims of its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.

Europe's forest ministers meet in Oslo for a summit on how to protect the continent's woodlands for future generations.

Sightings of a species of shark which has been been known to attack humans are reported in St Ives in Cornwall, harbour officials confirm.

Huntsman spiders co-operate to hunt and defend themselves, according to scientists.