A robot unveiled today at the British Science Festival will be loading dishwashers next year, its developers claim.

The brain is still active while we asleep, say scientists, who found people were able to classify words according to their meaning during their slumber.

Western Australia's shark cull is to be halted after the state's environmental regulator advised against it, citing "scientific uncertainty".

The Advanced Ligo instrument, a laser "ruler" built to measure the traces of gravitational waves, is progressing at amazing speed, scientists say.