After two years of hype about massive open online courses, academic leaders' expectations of all of online education have taken a small but remarkable step back.

With advances in genetic technology, we may someday be able to restore long-gone species like the woolly mammoth and the passenger pigeon.

Thirty-four US Air Force officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles have been suspended over accusations they cheated on proficiency tests.

Getting students through school quicker could help reduce the number of single people, according to a proposal from a southern lawmaker.

Shoppers are seeking out greener products, energized by the prospects of healthier alternatives, higher quality, preserving the environment and saving time and money.

Amid the clamor over the American Studies Association’s resolution endorsing the boycott of Israeli universities, the Middle East Studies Association has been more or less silent.

A state university in Alabama is raising eyebrows with an unusual -- and perhaps even first-of-its-kind -- provision the school’s board of trustees included in the new university president's contract.

Antarctica's mighty Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is now very probably in a headlong, self-sustaining retreat.

Thinking about quitting your job? A humorous new app aims to relieve the stress and anxiety of confronting the boss with the news by sending a text message instead.

On a bitterly cold December morning in 2011, we watched as the last U.S. troops crossed the border into Kuwait, ending America's war in Iraq.