American Chemical Society and Elsevier are again suing academic networking site ResearchGate in an attempt to stop it distributing copyrighted research papers.

Apple and Amazon are among US companies and agencies who have had data stolen by Chinese spies, claims Bloomberg.

University of Southern Maine diversity and inclusive programming coordinator Gabriel Demaine floated the idea of offering a free credit to students who join "social justice organizations" in meeting with Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Tricksters say they wanted to expose overly politicised research, but scholars are concerned about the motivation behind the sting

Over the past few years, the idea of science-based targets — simply put, goals that commit companies to address their fair share of climate pollution and align with the goals of the Paris Agreement — gradually has taken off.

After a complaint from a group that tracks what it sees as violations of the separation of church and state, prompted Dixie State Inn, a hotel associated with the state-owned southern Utah university, to remove all copies of the Bible and the Book of Mormon from guest rooms.

Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.

Colorado State University advises students to use yellow emojis when addressing "diverse audiences" and to avoid using gendered emojis.

US President Donald Trump is facing criticism from fellow Republicans after he mocked a woman who says she was assaulted by his Supreme Court nominee.

More Democrat candidates than ever running on some kind of free college plan, but there are splits within party