The twentieth century saw incredible gains in global life expectancy: in 1900, the average person lived to 32 years, a figure that had more than doubled by 2000. This trend seems to have stalled in ...

Nadir Jeevanjee works for NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, which is discussed in this podcast episode. The views expressed herein are in no sense official positions of the Geophysical ...

Plenty of anime series are released every year or come out with new seasons, catering to an ever-growing demand from fans for fresh content. The rising popularity of anime as an entertainment medium ...

RTÉ will mark Science Week's 30th Anniversary with a range of future-focused programming and content across Television/ Player, Radio and Online from Sunday, 9 to Sunday, 16 November in support of ...

When ChatGPT can do your homework, you might wonder: What’s the point of a university? These days, many people are questioning what universities are good for, and whether they might be as out-of-date ...

Belmont University has launched a $700 million fundraising campaign called “Hope Transforms” amid challenges facing higher education. A significant portion of the campaign funds will be allocated to ...

Ms. Kaminer is an editor for Times Opinion. Ms. Beilock is the president of Dartmouth. Ms. Mnookin is the chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Roth is the president of Wesleyan ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) – The Higher Learning Commission has placed Wittenberg University’s accreditation status on probation because it no longer meets one of its requirements as of Thursday, Nov. 6 ...

The University of Minnesota is battling in public with its own physician group and Fairview Health Services, the nonprofit group that owns the U’s teaching hospital in Minneapolis, over a deal to fund ...

ON AN OCTOBER night in 1989, a 4-year-old girl was shocked awake by a phone ringing and then a scream. She crept out of her bedroom and tiptoed barefoot along the hallway’s clammy vinyl tile, ...

America has long viewed higher education as critical to the growth of the U.S. economy. Past administrations have understood that federal grants to universities and colleges drove cutting-edge ...

Aaron Tremper is the editorial assistant for Science News Explores. He has a B.A. in English (with minors in creative writing and film production) from SUNY New Paltz and an M.A. in Journalism from ...