Having a strong network of friends has many advantages, from offering support when we are down, to a group we can share our thoughts with. But could we be missing out if we only mix with people "just like us"?

Participation in Australian tertiary education is set to plunge, robbing the country of skills to fuel a knowledge economy, researchers have warned.

March saw the conclusion of the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations

Rachel Murphy had barely begun the tertiary course that was supposed to kick-start her career when it abruptly ended.

I carry my phone everywhere I go, and the last thing I need is an app like Facebook listening in on my private conversations.

One of China's top tech companies has lashed out at the US government's move to prevent it from buying technology from American companies.

Gender parity in science remains a distant goal, with men set to outnumber women in publishing in many fields until at least the end of the century.

It’s been almost exactly one year since the world’s most valuable technology company declared its intention to make future iPhones and MacBooks entirely out of recycled materials

Nearly a quarter of students at the University of Massachusetts say they’ve skipped meals because they can’t afford them.

The UK’s Department for Education has allowed a second for-profit institution to use “university” in its name when it does not have the credentials to secure the title under established processes, giving the green light to the “University Campus of Football Business”.