In recent decades, European fisheries policy has been a slowly unfolding environmental disaster.

In recent weeks, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Clorox's Green Works have been the targets of sometimes scathing criticism for launching sustainability-related campaigns.

The U.S. Army private accused of providing diplomatic cables and other secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material,

The mummified heart of King Richard I has been analysed by forensic experts.

Soaring research spending, output and innovation in several of the so-called BRICK countries does not always capitalize on those nations' strongest areas of research, a report suggests.

Psychologist and parent Lynn Schofield Clark did. She writes in the Psychology Today blog that she liked the 18-point contract that a New England mom wrote up for her 13-year-old son, however, as we talked it over in my own family, we felt that, rather than having me as the mom write something up, we wanted to work together on an agreement.

"Al Fanar" was to be launched at a conference this weekend in Dubai. Concerns over academic freedom in the emirates killed the meeting, but not the magazine.

In a major policy shift, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Wednesday announced that it will fill half of its entering class going forward by admitting college sophomores -- three years before they would enroll in medical school -- and will do so without requiring traditional pre-med course requirements and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

A recent report finds that the sector's largest companies should be doing more for people and the environment.

British grandparents are in danger of being overlooked for advice by their grandchildren, who are more accustomed to searching for answers on the internet, a survey showed on Thursday.