Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA before it spreads across the country, a study has revealed.

A huge sub-glacial basin the size of Wales has been discovered under one of the key Antarctic ice sheets that could make it more unstable and liable to disintegration, a study has found.

Craters from asteroid impacts may be one of the best places to look for life on Mars, a study suggests.

This year’s THES world university reputation rankings are out and the University of Cambridge has been named the most highly regarded university in the UK. The rankings were compiled from a questionnaire answered by almost 31,000 academics from 149 institutions. But do the university’s students agree? Does Cambridge live up to its reputation? We put the question to Cambridge students to find out.

Around one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together for the first time in an image captured over a decade by astronomers.

Some people may be at risk of a severe reaction to flu because they are not protected by a key gene, scientists believe.

1. Intelligence Squared

For ordinary Greeks, the effects of austerity are becoming intolerable

'I wanted to join the circus'

The infamous "parcel o' rogues" immortalised in verse by Robert Burns were the members of the then independent Scottish Parliament who were seen to sell their nation's sovereignty for financial reward. That of course was in the early 18th century, long before any concept of true democracy or a popular mandate emanating from a free and fair election.

Tiny sensors which monitor the health of cells have been developed by scientists in a move which could improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and degenerative illnesses.

The surprisingly enervating film of David Nicholls' hit novel may win you over in the end, but it would have been better as a four-hour TV mini-series

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson

The author of bestselling novel One Day talks about the film adaptation which stars American actress Anne Hathaway as the main character. Matilda Battersby reports