When it comes to controversies about curriculum, textbook content and academic standards, Texas is the state that keeps on giving.

The city of Wuhan is considering building skyscrapers coated with a high-tech substance that can "eat" air pollutants.

All trade in five named species of sharks is to be regulated from now on, in a significant step forward for conservation.

Asian economies can draw on the demographic advantages of a youthful population in some countries, a growing middle-class, an expanding services sector and creative industries to leapfrog more advanced countries and take the lead in the “knowledge-based economy of the future”

EBay Inc plans to launch an advertising network for its mobile app, moving the company into the lucrative, fast-growing market for ads on devices such as smart phones and tablets.

This is not your usual weather forecast. Big storms are brewing. Your umbrella won't help, but you might want to keep a flashlight handy.

A chili-lime mealworm was not my first pick for a snack, but it turned out to be quite delicious. Not to mention food for thought.

The online-learning collaborative edX, a partnership between Harvard University and MIT, is expanding its reach beyond higher education and will begin offering courses geared toward high school students.

A giant fossil, unearthed in the Sahara desert, has given scientists an unprecedented look at the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur: Spinosaurus.

In recent years the American Council on Education has experimented with issuing credit recommendations for online courses from non-college providers, sometimes sounding more like Silicon Valley than One Dupont