A $2bn experiment on the space station has made observations that could prove to be the first signs of dark matter, a mysterious component of the Universe.

Once a year, a line of briefcase-wielding accountants in business suits files into an office at Texas Christian University.

Stanford University, the epicenter of the modern massive open online course movement, said this week that it will develop online learning software with the only one of the three MOOC providers not founded by a Stanford faculty member.

Former UCLA standout Ed O'Bannon is watching the NCAA men's basketball tournament with mixed emotions.

Freight is an essential part of a globalized, modern economy.

Chinese fishing vessels are taking a huge unreported global catch, fisheries researchers have found.

Pope Francis, who has said he wants the Catholic Church to be a model of austerity and honesty, could restructure or even close the Vatican's scandal-ridden bank as part of a broad review of its troubled bureaucracy, Vatican sources say.

Six European data protection agencies are contemplating legal action over Google's privacy policy.

More than five years after the University of Colorado Board of Regents fired Ward Churchill, he has run out of courts in which to challenge the decision.

The Chinese are evincing interest in Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent movement as his teachings form an integral part of curriculum from pre-school to university ...