For academics, the festive season has long presented an opportunity for some more light-hearted research into a variety of topics.

Humanoid robot completes course in philosophy of love in what is purportedly a world first.

Compared with the planet's other large tracts of tropical forests, the forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have remained relatively intact — although that soon may be changing.

College enrollments in the U.S. decline for a sixth straight year -- although at a slower rate -- while the bachelor's degree got more popular.

Cambridge startup is taking college guidance online, offering high school students and their parents a cheaper alternative to private college counseling.

A loophole in carbon-accounting rules is spurring a boom in burning wood pellets in European power plants.

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

An animatronic version of Donald Trump created by Disney's roboticists has attracted ridicule.

Twitter has suspended at least three accounts tied to far-right group Britain First, including one that had been retweeted by President Trump.