Tricks used by some schools to inflate their GCSE science results will be revealed at a conference on Wednesday.

A new timeline for the formation of ancient Egypt is established by scientists.

Richard III suffered from a roundworm infection, a team studying the remains of the king says.

The UK's peat bogs and fenlands played a major role during times of conflict but they are now often overlooked or forgotten, say experts.

Scientists believe they have discovered a new reason why we need to sleep - it replenishes a type of brain cell.

A pilot cull of badgers is believed to have begun in west Gloucestershire, a week after badger killings began in Somerset.

A conservation trust says a giant beetle found by an amateur naturalist may be first of its kind to be seen in Britain.

A "window to the brain" implant which would allow doctors to see through the skull and possibly treat patients has been devised by US researchers.