73% of 2,500+ BBC Magazine readers who responded think Uranus is now the outermost planet. Ohmigod!

GCSE exam results set a new record. Um... yes, well that's been the case in every year bar one since the GCSE was introduced in 1988. Along with a gradual drift towards more coursework, more multiple-choice exams, continual narrowing of syllabi, and a reduction of pass marks to ludicrously low levels (16% for a Grade C in one Edexcel Maths paper ( Read more... )