Science news this week March 15, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Mathematical concepts could be introduced through calculating the effect of introducing solar panels on the school roof.

Are your kids totally into time travel? Superfans of space adventures? Our list of sci-fi favorites has something for all the young science fiction book lovers out there. From classics to hot new ...

One expert has told The i Paper that the end of the EBacc could mean that decline in language learning at GCSE level is “accelerated ... sustainability and climate science as well as an ...

The steady torrent of spaghetti science helps to demonstrate that deep questions lurk in our ordinary routines, and that there are plenty of hungry physicists who can't stop asking them.

This may mean it eventually recommends fewer GCSE exams overall ... double or triple science, history or geography, and a language. This eats up seven or eight of the nine GCSEs the average ...

GCSE exams could be cut in order to reduce pupil’s stress, Labour’s curriculum review is expected to recommend. In an interim report published yesterday, concerns were raised by ministers that too ...

Scientists have been complaining for years that the way we fund science is flawed. Researchers are too often waiting up to 20 months for grant funding, an eternity in fast-moving fields like ...

The EBacc – a performance measure of schools which aims to ensure pupils take English, maths, science, a humanities subject and a language at GCSE – was introduced in 2010 under former education ...

The EBacc – a performance measure of schools which aims to ensure pupils take English, maths, science, a humanities subject and a language at GCSE – was introduced in 2010 under former ...

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 ...