It is fantasy football come true. Thirty-two teams picking future gridiron superstars live on prime-time television. What's not to like?

David Cameron now has a special app to run the country. But what else is on his iPad? John Rentoul sneaks an iPeek

He is credited as the architect of the Big Society and once suggested the abolition of paid maternity leave. Now Steve Hilton, David Cameron's most influential adviser, has pulled off one last surprise: unexpectedly announcing his departure from Downing Street for an unpaid academic job in California.

David Cameron's strategy guru Steve Hilton is quitting Downing Street for a year to take an academic position in the United States, Number 10 said.

The indiscriminate slaughter of vast numbers of turtles, sharks, albatrosses and other endangered marine animals that get unintentionally caught by fishermen as “by-catch” could be prevented by a radical proposal of mobile marine reserves, scientists said yesterday.

Much-maligned quarterback can guide the 49ers into an unlikely Super Bowl

A chap banned for wearing a tie? Joanna Lumley at the Garrick? What <u>is</u> going on

A continuous night's uninterrupted sleep may be the essential requirement for a good memory, according to a study carried out on laboratory mice. The animals failed to remember things after being repeatedly disturbed while they dozed. The research is more subtle than it first appears because the researchers did not just investigate disturbed sleep, which can cause memory loss through stress, but also the length of time the mice engaged in deep sleep, when memories are believed to be consolidated by the resting brain.

Skin cells from a 30-year-old woman have been turned directly into mature nerve cells similar to those found in the brain using a procedure that promises to revolutionise the emerging field of regenerative medicine.

Happiness is... puzzling over some daft questions in your favourite newspaper (answers at bottom of page)

Scientists have found the largest number of genes associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease in a study that helps to pave the way towards the day when doctors may be able to offer genetic tests that can identify people most at risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Wordsmith who's on the winning side

He will never make a showman. But as Google's co-founder steps up to be its CEO, can he display the business nous to match his genius as an inventor?

Muslims face "massive discrimination" when applying for jobs, according to the first scientifically validated study of anti-Muslim bias among employers in France.