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Window into cancer-spread secrets
A technique which literally places a window in a mouse's chest could help scientists unlock cancer's most deadly process.

Pupils help the needy in Africa
A group of teenagers from Dundee are heading to Uganda to deliver equipment and help villagers.

American v British teeth
Ricky Gervais is the first to admit that his pearly-whites are neither white nor straight - and Americans mistakenly think he wears bad false teeth for comedic purposes. Why the transatlantic dental divide?

Reassuring children about the world's end
There were jokes and rumours about black holes as the Large Hadron Collider was switched on. Children picked up on these fears - so how to reassure young ones about the Big Bang machine?

Cameron's Britain: Education
The Conservatives' education policies are put under the microscope by BBC News' James Westhead.

Students 'had hints' before exam
An exam board investigates claims some teachers gave students hints about an A-level biology exam.

2nd Test: England v NZ - day one as it happened
New Zealand are 202-4 when bad light stops play on day one of the second Test.

Test tube politics at Holyrood
Our political reporter John Knox looks back at the week in the Scottish Parliament

Green movement forgets its politics
Why climate campaigners should stop trying to persuade people into lifestyle changes and start dealing with the politics.

Easter events help change lives
How does a little-known charity set about raising £7.2m needed to change brain-damaged chiildren's lives?

Antarctic diary: Polar year
The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.

Food matters go under spotlight
Scotland is to have its own & #34;food policy & #34; dealing with issues from consumption to manufacture.

First Test day five as it happened
Muttiah Muralitharan takes three vital wickets as Sri Lanka beat England by 88 runs in the first Test.

UK schools slip down in science
The UK is above average in an international league table on school science - but it loses its top-four place.

Anatomy teaching goes on the road
A mobile lab-in-a-van and chemistry laboratories open for teaching at the University of Bristol.

Space technology to hunt down TB
A device developed for a mission to Mars could help spot signs of life closer to home - by spotting the bacterium that causes TB.

Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars
Dr Tom Pike is a team member on Nasa's Phoenix mission to Mars. He is writing a diary of his experiences on the project.

Third Test day three as it happened
West Indies, needing an unlikely 455 to win the fourth Test, reach stumps on day three against England on 22-1.

Anger over A-level science exam
There are calls for the scrapping of results from a biology practical that caused problems in some schools.

High school receives mixed report
School inspectors seek a number of improvements after scrutinising standards at Dumfries High School.