Scientists near Chicago say they may be getting closer to discovering the existence of a new force of nature. They have found more evidence that sub-atomic particles, called muons, are not behaving in the way predicted by the current theory of sub-atomic physics. Professor Graziano Venanzoni of Liverpool University, a world leading researcher in precision muon physics, told BBC News,...

Life can be, and often is, totally unpredictable. In the last few weeks it is estimated that around 3,000 people lost their lives in the Moroccan earthquake and possible a number between 10,000 and 20,000 perished in the devastating flood in Libya. Totally shocking, totally tragic and, for most victims, totally unpredictable. Most of us in the UK will not...

A lot of the news stories last week focused on the number of buildings with the potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) panels as part of their structure. From the outside these look like perfectly serviceable buildings, internally they can look quite good too. The business manager of one school in Yorkshire was keen to tell an inspector how...

Last weekend was the Leeds [Music] Festival and the aftermath saw hundreds of tents and litter left behind. The director of Everything Is Possible (one of the not-for-profit organisations salvaging recyclable or reusable items from the festival), Clair Brown, said, “At the end of the festival, when they actually see the state that the festival’s been left in, we have...