An Oxford University study has put the number of children who were living in the UK without legal immigration status in 2011 at around 120,000 – about 0.9 per cent of the total population of children below the age of 18.

Planning a wedding? A new web app lets the bride and groom-to-be create a social website that connects guests with each other before the big day.Called Weduary, the web app provides

During high school the parents of teenagers' friends can have as much effect on the teens' substance use as their own parents, according to prevention researchers.

Blood test could show women at risk of Post Natal Depression Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants.

The CEO of the car-sharing company RelayRides discusses the collaborative consumption economy, partnering with GM, and just what it means to share your car with strangers.

Twenty children with a serious bone condition are back on their feet thanks to an innovative walker, which was the brainchild of University Sheffield graduates and is now being sold across the country.

Parkinson's disease, a disorder which affects movement and cognition, affects over a million Americans, including actor Michael J. Fox, who first brought it to the attention of many TV-watching Americans.

From the outside, evolution sometimes seems fairly obvious: Finch beaks got bigger to crack harder nuts, dolphins and sharks developed shapes that let them move smoothly through the water.

A San Francisco Chinese restaurant once known for having "the world's rudest waiter" may not be closing for good after all.

President Obama displayed quick damage-control reflexes last week when he called out Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen for claiming that Ann Romney, mother of five, had "never worked a day in her life."