Experts advised the government that badger control plans could kill tens of thousands of the animals and make cattle TB worse, documents show.

A gene that is responsible for helping plants to stay dormant at night is discovered by scientists.

A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings.

Monty Python star Terry Jones remembers his friend Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, who would have been 60 this weekend.

Japan marks the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that struck the north-east coast, leaving about 20,000 dead or missing.