Central in the debate about divesting endowments from fossil fuels is not only climate change, but the question of whether such a move could hurt colleges financially.

The concept of the "solar suburb" includes a solar panel on every roof, an electric vehicle in every garage ...

A new initiative between three of University of Dayton's biggest schools will see a new corporation created to help commercialize technology.

Oxford University has borrowed £200 million ($430m) to build world-class science facilities and renovate historic buildings.

Sprouts, grass, and flowers are blossoming from Chinese people's heads -- and nobody quite knows why.

In a world where machines can do many things as well as humans, one would like to hope there remain enclaves of human endeavour to which they simply cannot aspire.

We're teaching grad students to want teaching jobs that no longer exist.

Shari Cayle, 75, called "Miracle Mama" by her family ever since she beat back advanced colon cancer seven years ago, is still undergoing treatment and living alone.

A cloak of invisibility may be common in science fiction but it is not so easy in the real world.

Japan's upper house of Parliament is poised to pass the first major reinterpretation of the country's pacifist constitution since the end of World War II ...