In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers

Metaphors are potent tools in political communication, and climate discourse in particular. Grappling with a constant state of information overload, we rely on these cognitive shortcuts to guide all manner of decision making, including who to vote for and which policies to support.

A Harvard professor recently said that President Donald Trump is more of a "national emergency" than the situation on the southern border.

Greenhouse gas emissions surged in the United States last year, according to a report last week, a disturbing data point during a disconcerting moment in time.

Eleven African-American football players are suing the Maricopa County Community College District in federal court over its decision to end the football program.

Following in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics has resigned and launched a rival journal that will be free for all to read.

Two professors reacted to President Donald Trump's tweets over the weekend by likening his words to those of a dictator.

A database containing resumes of more than 200 million Chinese people has been found exposed online.

Attentive readers — all of you, I’m certain — will note that over the past few months we’ve been ramping up our coverage of the financial side of corporate sustainability — things such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and reporting under the guidelines of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

A student believed he was hacked when all of his classes were mysteriously dropped. But what actually happened is more complicated.