Eight things you think are true – but science scoffs at
The five-second rule won’t save you from germs and the blue whale isn’t actually the earth’s largest living organism
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The five-second rule won’t save you from germs and the blue whale isn’t actually the earth’s largest living organism
A heap of mud and bricks are all that distinguish this plot of land from the rest of the village of Dangawas in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
For businesses, natural capital has often been seen as the environmental economics equivalent of a free lunch.
This is a story of how one university’s massive cheating scandal became a minor diplomatic incident.
A group of senior United States university representatives has visited Iran, in what is believed to be the biggest academic delegation since the 1970s.
Columbia University trustees voted Monday to divest from for-profit prison companies because of concerns about mass incarceration, becoming the first major university to do so.
Drones are starting to steal the headlines. If they're not carrying out military missions, you can find unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) buzzing jets landing at Heathrow, spraying crops and maybe even filming the 2016 U.S. election.
3D imagery has now reached China's rice paddy fields.
It’s a common occurrence at many colleges: a player from the basketball or football team is about to enter a classroom when he is stopped by a fellow student asking for his signature.
This much is certain about the faculty contract talks in the state-owned universities – there will be no new contract in place when the current one expires on June 30.