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

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

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.

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

Historians join political scientists in documenting the unprofessional and illegal behavior women experience at annual gatherings.

Green Mountain College in Vermont will offer a two-week course in which students will discuss the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Alongside Donna Strickland, Arthur Ashkin breaks record for becoming oldest laureate at 96