An uninhabited island in the South Pacific is littered with the highest density of plastic waste anywhere in the world, according to a study.

In his final engagement before resigning as finance minister last year, Emmanuel Macron, now the president of France, visited one of the country’s most prestigious higher education institutions.

Amid pressures to increase revenues and international enrollments, some universities move to establish high schools for international students on their campuses.

From Europe to Japan to the U.S., nuclear power is in retreat, as plants are being shuttered, governments move toward renewables, and key companies face financial troubles.

On cold winter nights in Colts Neck, N.J., Lawrence Spallanzani's family would huddle around a TV and watch their favorite announcer call a game on ESPN.

Senior US lawmakers have called on President Donald Trump to turn over any recordings of conversations with fired FBI director James Comey.

For a commercial or residential developer seeking to install solar panels or make energy efficiency improvements to a building, getting financing from a traditional bank often can be a challenge.

The average first-time, full-time tuition discount rate edged even closer to 50 percent in 2016-17 as net tuition revenue and enrollment struggled.

The steady expansion of vineyards in California’s premier wine-growing region is moving uphill into oak and other woodlands and is adversely affecting fish and wildlife

A major publisher’s decision to replace a journal’s editor and withdraw one of his papers has sparked claims of interference in the publication’s editorial direction.