eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published

For decades, the main argument against climate action has been economic: Even if the climate is changing, the argument went, addressing it at the scale needed would force companies, cities and institutions into bankruptcy. In short, it would tank the economy.

UK trials have begun of an e-cigarette that can be locked to prevent anyone but its owner puffing on it.

American University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion would like to require faculty to address students by their “chosen name and pronouns,” so as to make transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming students feel welcome.

A belief among many is that women have a higher preference for education level and earnings potential in a potential partner while men have a higher preference for physical attractiveness

An Arizona State University professor tweeted in the wake of two deadly mass shootings that he is "sick to death of the Second Amendment."

Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty

Even Tennessee's promising remedial math reform does little to boost college completion, new study finds, calling for more effective models as part of suite of student success efforts.

Many regulatory changes sought by the Trump administration in an accreditation overhaul reflect shortcomings found at for-profit accreditor restored by Betsy DeVos.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is slated today to wrap up his two-week summer course called “Creation of the Constitution,” which he co-taught in England, where the Magna Carta was sealed, as a distinguished visiting law professor for George Mason University.