Are hovercrafts and giant wheels the future of North Korean architecture?
What happens when a North Korean architect is given free rein to design what he or she likes?
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Cruel trade in Asian elephants threatens survival – report
Wild elephants are being held in horrific conditions in Burma by smugglers looking to resume a lucrative trade, a report says.
College wins U.S. top court temporary exemption on Obamacare birth control
The U.S. Supreme Court gave a Christian college in Illinois a temporary exemption from birth control coverage required by President Barack Obama's health reform law, days after ruling that for-profit employers can opt out for religious reasons.
Why China is stealing America’s corn seeds
Three years ago, a security guard working for seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred came across something unusual on a road in Iowa: Just off the pavement, a man was on his knees, digging in a field.
13 new apps to fight climate change
What if climate change had a flavor, an odor or a color?
Fine-scale climate model projections predict malaria at local levels
Fine-scale climate model projections suggest the possibility that population centers in cool, highland regions of East Africa could be more vulnerable to malaria than previously thought ...
How our future visions can trap us
Our visions of the future are often influenced by science fiction. But are these brave new worlds creating problems for our descendants?
Troubles at Embark
Embark, whose software helps colleges to process online applications, has owed graduate and professional schools millions of dollars and misled university officials about why it wasn’t quickly paying up ...
Suing Over Speech
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed four lawsuits Tuesday ...
Penn State to offer first MOOC entirely in Chinese
A popular Penn State massive open online course that explores the science of creativity will be available in Chinese, making it the University’s first dual-language MOOC.
