From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ultrasound has long been used for helping doctors see inside the body, but focused high frequency sound waves are offering new ways of targeting cancer. If Zhen Xu hadn't annoyed her lab mates, she ...

As over one million students receive their GCSE results, Sky News has found gender and factors linked to deprivation remain troubling predictors of students' performance. Overall GCSE grades are ...

An ultrasound scan is one of the main tests doctors use to diagnose cholecystitis. On a scan, clinicians may be able to spot the presence of gallstones, which can cause this condition. Cholecystitis ...

Even when you aren’t doing anything, your brain is relentlessly active—daydreaming, ruminating, contemplating the past or future. How this mind wandering functions can significantly shape a person’s ...

The GCSE results gap between the south and the rest of England has widened. This year's results reveal London as the highest-performing region, with 72.5% of entries graded as at least 4/C, while the ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their GCSE results with a slight drop in the proportion of top grades awarded from last year. The approach to grading in England returned to ...

GCSE results day has arrived, as pupils across the UK find out what grades they have achieved in their recent exams. For many, it’s an emotional time as they secure the grades they have worked hard ...

Fretting teenagers are about to learn their GCSE results this morning after years of hard work. Pupils across the UK sat various examinations through to June 19, with their grades used to determine ...

The 2024 GCSE results reveal that more young people in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are opting to study a language. French and Spanish remain the most popular languages, with ...

Pearson’s Edexcel exam board has issued its GCSE grade boundaries for 2024 as thousands of students find out how they fared in their exams. Grading has now completely returned to pre-Covid levels amid ...

If you want to find out the exam score you would have had to achieve to get a specific grade at GCSE in 2024, you need to look at the grade boundaries for the exam board whose test you sat. Grades in ...