NASA has launched its first multi-player online game, Space race Blast Off, on Facebook.
Controlling diabetes has been one of the biggest concerns for medical practitioners and policy makers over the past few decades, as its toll on health and economy continues to rise alarmingly.
The scientists used a laser to create magnetic fields which is similar to the magnetism of the universe.
Google has launched an eBook, titled "Google in Education: A New and Open World for Learning", to help students, teachers and organisations learn how to use the Google's products and services.
The winners of the third annual NASA-sponsored Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge have been announced and at the top of the list are Alliance Rocket, from the United States and virtual participants Alliance CyberAvo from Europe.
Media companies, non-profit organisations, freelancers and individuals are eligible to participate in the exclusive event organized by the Global Editors Network and sponsored by Google at the European Journalism Centre.
Wikipedia saysentire existence depends on free, open and uncensored internet.
Fierce competition for education leads to deadly crush as enrolment opens for thousands of would-be students.
Westminster funding for higher education teaching and research in England and Wales could drop to lowest proportion in a century.
Apple is set to revolutionise the textbook and education industries by announcing new partnerships with publishers at a media event in New York this month, reports claim.
Stephan Boyer, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created the world's first self-balancing electric unicycle.
One in every 100 person in the UK is related to a pirate according to a genealogical research company.
Some applicants are “culturally sensitive,” to traditional greetings and “suitable body language” is just as welcoming, according to the Cambridge University directive.
Children aged between 10 and 11 are fatter than ever, NHS figures have shown.
The principal of a school in North Carolina has been forced to retire after accusing a nine-year-old pupil of sexual harassment.
Ohio State University College of Medicine have concluded that early sexual experiences during the development of the brain.
The campaign, the total of which is the largest ever announced by a European university, drew £649 million from the University and £523 million from its colleges.
TV chef Jamie Oliver has accused Education Secretary Michael Gove of “eroding” healthy school food standards.
Sasha Grey has caused a media storm in the U.S. after she was invited to read to seven to eleven year olds in an elementary school in California.
Attractive people get paid better and enjoy more perks than their average-looking colleagues, says new research
The Government’s proposed higher education reforms should be implemented as a package and not in a piecemeal way, a Commons panel has recommended.
Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £2m-a-year partnership between the Department for Education and the Institute of Physics (IOP) to attract the best graduates to become physics teachers.
An organiser of the planned student demonstrations in London on Wednesday has attacked a decision to authorise the use of rubber bullets.
A third of undergraduate students at a leading American research university admitted cheating, according to a survey published in the Science and Engineering Ethics journal.
Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The Sense of an Ending" after missing out on three previous occasions.
In 2007, Indian-born Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, established a new high for Asian Muslims living in the UK, when he was honored with a knighthood. More recently, Abdul Arain, a Non Resident Indian and Cambridge-based grocery-store owner, shot to fame when he was nominated in the Cambridge University Chancellor elections. Though he lost, there continues to a lot of hype about the commoner with an MBA from Cambridge.
The Lord Sainsbury of Turville will be the next Chancellor of the University of Cambridge as he will replace The Duke of Edinburgh. Being the official candidate, the former Labour minister received 2,893 votes of the 5,888 votes casted under the Single Transferrable Vote count.
In a bid to help students from poorer families, the British government is set to award disadvantaged students an extra £58 each
The school leaving age should be lowered to 14, according to the former head of Ofsted Sir Chris Woodhead.
AQA to give more points to less fortunate students