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Scientists are developing a new generation of stethoscope to aid diagnosis of heart problems.
BBC News website readers have been writing in about their experiences.
India clinch a 1-0 victory in the two-Test series against England after the second match in Mohali ends in a draw.
Unemployment is back on the political and news agenda. But for millions it never went away. Have we been ignoring the lives of the jobless?
As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account?
An Iranian court rules that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded.
Mike Baker asks whatever happened to plans for "personalised learning" and finds reports of its disappearance.
It's World Philosophy Day - an opportunity to contemplate one's very existence and whether computer monitors really exist, says David Bain.
The full extent of a hill fort with its origins in 800BC is revealed by computer modelling for a BBC history programme.
Pittsburgh's NFL win over Washington on Monday proved to be a good omen for US president elect Barack Obama.
Radical and controversial ideas to help fight climate change will be subjected to scrutiny by the UK's Royal Society.
Australia's openers reach 50-0 in reply to India's 613-7 at stumps on day two of the third Test in Delhi.
The new boss of US insurance giant AIG explains how perilous the outlook was at the firm before last month's $85m rescue package.
Amid the global financial crisis, it is time to recognise the wealth we enjoy from nature's capital.
A look at what's making the headlines in Friday's morning newspapers.
The Nobel Prize for physics this year lauds three individuals who described tiny flaws in the fabric of the Universe.
Democrat Barack Obama accuses his rival of "phoney" politics following his "lipstick on a pig" remarks.
What are the new national curriculum school tests that could replace Sats in England?
Don't try this at home. The bellyflop is not a dive for the faint-hearted. Let alone from 35 feet up into 12 inches of water, a new world record.
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