Scientists devise a new "love test" that they believe is a better guide to the success of a relationship than the good intentions of newly-weds.

Wine experts express a preference for a £40 champagne above a £400 bottle, according to a study.

Adult earwigs use a chemical cloud to protect themselves against threats, scientists discover.

The badger cull in Gloucestershire is being called off because not enough animals have been killed to meet targets.

Prof Ouyang Ziyuan, an adviser of China's Chang'e 3 lunar lander, tells our science editor David Shukman why his country is so interested in the Moon.