Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel medicine prize on Monday for plotting how vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals are transported within cells and secreted to act on the body

Let's suspend any putative "debate" over climate change and simply look at the reality of today's weather: it's changing, and not for the better.

As the budget crisis drags on, at least conservatives and liberals have something in common:

For two decades, U.S. universities have raced to build campuses abroad to burnish their reputation and attract foreign students. Now, controversies and stumbles at high-profile projects have led some to reconsider expansion.

JPMorgan Chase plans to give $17 million to start a doctoral program at the University of Delaware, an effort that may raise new questions about collaborations between colleges and donors.

In the United States, thousands of government workers are without an income as the US government endures a temporary shutdown.

Four female lawyers are set to become the first women in Saudi Arabia to practise law in the country's courts, marking another milestone for women's rights in the notoriously conservative kingdom.

A Pakistani teenage activist shot by the Taliban and a Japanese author who writes about alienation and a fractured modern world are tipped as Nobel Prize winners ahead of the annual awards that start on Monday.

The commute may be getting a lot shorter for some of Facebook Inc's workers.

There's nearly a decade to go before a ball is kicked at soccer's 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.