Engineers take a step towards having machines that can operate even when they are damaged by developing a robot that can teach itself to walk, even with a broken leg.

Norman Baker - the minister in charge of regulating animal experiments - tells the BBC he wants a total ban on them.

Goalkeepers in penalty shoot-outs make a predictable error that could influence the outcome of the game according to new research.

Huge meat-eating, land-living dinosaurs evolved into birds by constantly shrinking for over 50 million years, new research shows.