The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will this fall package some of its online courses into more cohesive sequences, just as edX prepares to roll out certificates of completion using identity verification.

Researchers have discovered a group of highly sophisticated hackers operating for hire out of China ...

International scientists have mapped the genomes of the tiger, lion and snow leopard, in conservation efforts to protect endangered species.

Columbus teachers and students using the Web at school have found their searches blocked at every click.

Back in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was ordered to cut its budget 5 percent by Sept. 30 as part of sequestration.

Few professors would turn down a raise, but even standard contract pay bumps of 3 or 4 percent can leave long-serving faculty feeling less valued than their newer colleagues.

Hitting the books can be a serious hit in the wallet these days.

Australia is the world’s second-largest exporter of coal, thanks to huge markets in China, Japan, and other Asian countries

An influential Communist Party journal on Monday decried online speech critical of the ruling Communist Party and government, comparing Internet rumors to denunciation posters during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.

Kenya is canvassing support for a possible walk-out by African states from the International Criminal Court