'I am with the uprising of women in the Arab world because I would prefer to be free on this earth [than be] a heavenly virgin.''

The powerful U.S. gun rights lobby went on the offensive on Friday arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims

A tiny electronic component the size of a thumbnail holds the key to the future of an £8m search for life beneath the ice of Antarctica.

On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists have struck a first-century village and synagogue. Did Jesus once walk these long-buried streets?

Athletics-related motivations are not to blame for the breakdowns within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of African and Afro-American Studies ...

Authorities are holding fraternity members at Northern Illinois University accountable for the death of David Bogenberger, a 19-year-old freshman.

Thanks to a new state tax, billions of dollars are projected to become available for green schools.  

The Financialist has compiled a list of seven “Future Wonders of the World,” all completed after the year 2000. Our list comprises seven structures that manage to push both technical and aesthetic boundaries.

As pockets of anxiety crop up ahead of the day billed as the Maya apocalypse, a motley crew of New Age thrill-seekers, mystics and tourists have gathered at ancient holy

A single number has provoked a dispute for nearly two decades between two researchers who don’t respect each other very much.