Scientists say the slow down in global warming since 1998 can be explained by a natural cooling in part of the Pacific ocean.

Could public colleges be free?

Governments sought information on over 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of 2013 and the No.1 social network complied with most requests

Is compulsory voting in a democracy a contradiction in terms? That is the question some Australians have been asking since voting became required by law here nearly a century ago.

Teaching young women how to face their fears is succeeding in reducing anxiety and depression among Sydney schoolgirls.

Eleven of the nation’s most selective universities together have $26 billion in debt on the books, according to a new analysis.

Two of Florida’s long-time college football rivals are now coming together in a new contest: To sell lottery tickets.

Transformed by British sailors in the 19th century, Ascension Island in the South Atlantic has a unique tropical forest consisting almost entirely of alien species.

Cost, confusion over incentives and unintended environmental consequences still prevent many of us from taking the plunge into cleaner power purchases.

With a unique focus on methodology, Huck Institutes researchers studying rat behavior show that chronic, unpredictable stress during adolescence causes long-term changes in cognitive bias and coping response.