Mars may have had giant explosive volcanoes in its ancient past that spewed billions upon billions of tonnes of rock and ash into the sky.

China's top leaders walk in rain to lay flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tian'anmen Square on Tuesday to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.

China is essential as a student source market for New Zealand’s international education sector, which has seen its value rise in the last academic year to NZ$2.6 billion (US$2.1 billion), up by NZ$100 million (US$82 million).

Hong Kong, with its glittering skyscrapers and luxury malls, is home to some of the world's richest people but new government figures show that a fifth of its population lives in poverty.

As the United States approached a budget crisis that will shut down many federal services and affect more than 700,000 workers, other countries looked on with a mixture of puzzlement and dread.

When Florida Governor Rick Scott on April 22 signed Senate Bill 1076, he tasked a “preeminent state research university to establish an institute for online learning” that would “offer high-quality, fully online baccalaureate degree programs” by January 2014.

Some scientists are saying the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is overly conservative and fails to mention some of the most worrisome possible scenarios.

Can graphic design help protect your privacy? Sang Mun, a designer and former NSA contractor, thinks so.

This fall, Tel Aviv University will become one of the first institutions of higher education in the world to allow students to take its courses through an online provider for academic credit

Penn State-led team receives $3 million to research hybrid car batteries