Down a winding dirt track in this sleepy village in northern Nigeria lies a corn farm which looks much like the dozens that surround it.

European member states have agreed to allocate €16 billion in funding to the new “Erasmus +” programme, which consolidates a range of European Commission (EC) education initiatives, including mobility grants for higher education and vocational training.

The Earth experienced unprecedented recorded climate extremes during the decade 2001-2010, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.

he head of Egypt's army has given a TV address, announcing that President Mohammed Morsi is no longer in office.

Lincoln sought to make sense of the Battle of Gettysburg with his address, which succeeded in galvanizing the North's resolve to see the war through.

As I listened to President Obama present his important plan to meaningfully reduce the carbon we spew into the atmosphere each day ...

Former CIA director David Petraeus is receiving $150,000 to teach a three-hour weekly class at The City University of New York's Macaulay Honors College ...

Earlier this year it looked like Wisconsin might slap some of the nation’s strictest performance standards on for-profit colleges.

An estimated 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems.

Details of a touchscreen showing 3D images that can be felt and manipulated have been published by Microsoft's research unit.