Marco Streng is a miner, though he does not carry a pick around his base in south-western Iceland. Instead, he keeps tens of thousands of computers running 24 hours a day in fierce competition with others across the globe to earn bitcoins.

NCAA finds two staff members at Georgia Southern committed academic fraud, completing assignments for three football players.

During that first flight in Kitty Hawk, we can be quite sure that Orville and Wilbur Wright were not thinking about how much carbon dioxide their contraption was spewing.

Arguing that allowing guns in classrooms "chills their First Amendment rights," three University of Texas at Austin professors have filed a lawsuit over the state's new campus carry law.

A new program this fall, spearheaded by the University of Mississippi, will allow students at participating universities and community colleges in the state to enroll in courses that offer free or reduced-cost textbooks with the ultimate goal of creating a pathway to obtaining a degree with limited textbook costs.

Airports need a lot of space, but in the places most in need of air connections -- islands and large metropolises -- it's a commodity that's in short supply.

In bid to snag her Democratic opponent's supporters, presumptive nominee adapts previous college plan by embracing free public college tuition for those with incomes up to $125,000.

In yet another attempt to cut costs as it deals with a budget crisis, Loyola University is offering buyouts to certain employees — the Uptown institution’s third such offer in three years.

Many taught postgraduate courses at UK universities could become unviable in the wake of the country’s exit from the European Union, sector leaders have warned.

Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show.