Star is discovered to be a close neighbor of the sun and the coldest of its kind
A "brown dwarf" star that appears to be the coldest of its kind -- as frosty as Earth's North Pole -- has been discovered
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Catholic College, Online Degrees
A small but growing number of private colleges are seeking to expand their reach by creating online affiliates...
Desmond Tutu: I’m glad Nelson Mandela is dead
Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has said he is happy Nelson Mandela is dead - so he does not have to see what South Africa's current leaders are doing to the country.
Hundreds of thousands watch two popes become saints
Pope Francis proclaimed his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in front of more than half a million pilgrims on Sunday ...
Additional racist comments attributed to Clippers’ Donald Sterling released
The sports gossip website Deadspin released an additional audio recording Sunday from a conversation full of racist comments attributed to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
Airline trials check-in service with Google Glass
One of the most recognisable pieces of wearable tech is Google Glass.
Mining Showdown in Andes Over Unique Páramo Lands
High-altitude neotropical ecosystems known as páramos are increasingly at risk in Colombia and elsewhere in South America ...
Russia to invest US$1 billion in Crimean universities
The Russian government may invest up to US$1 billion in the development of higher education in Crimea
Just give it to me in a chip
Did you take your meds today? At the right time? All of them?
Is KAUST Saudi Enough?
A Saudi princess has attacked the flagship university set up by her own uncle, the king of Saudi Arabia, as a “disaster” because it does not educate enough local students.
