Frustration with ‘snail’s pace’ progress across continent leads Irish government to back financial sanctions against universities that miss targets

New research has disputed a longstanding view that early humans helped wipe out many of the large mammals that once roamed Africa.

Thanksgiving may be uniquely American, but its core spirit was exported from harvest festivals stretching back for millennia. Its essence is being grateful for what one has, while noting a duty to share one’s good fortune.

Violations of policies on peer review are cited, without saying what the violations were.

Students protested at The Evergreen State College and University of Rochester over the hiring of armed security guards.

Survey also reveals citations have little influence over the content of a paper, raising questions over citation metrics

A campaign group advocating the break-up of Facebook has subverted the social network's advertising tools to tempt its employees into leaking information.

South African ranchers who raise rhinos are supporting a virtual currency, backed by stockpiles of valuable rhino horn, to fund protection of the threatened animals.

A mural at Duke University — created to honor the victims of last month's Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — was vandalized with a Nazi symbol over the weekend.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was hit with another lawsuit Tuesday claiming she failed to cancel student debt owed by people whose for-profit colleges have been shut down.