With the nation debating models and metrics for the federal government’s rating of America’s more than 4,000 colleges and universities, there’s one crucial area that no one talks…
Five neuroscientists spent a week in late May in a remote area of southern Utah, reports the New York Times—a primitive trip with a sophisticated goal: to understand…
A small private Massachusetts college ranked first in a report from Forbes.com on the best U.S. colleges in 2010, beating Ivy League contenders such as Harvard and Yale—and…
The new legislation that President Obama signed this week to stave jobs losses among teachers will cut $302 million in federal broadband grants to help pay for the…
Oracle Corp. has sued Google Inc., alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of its popular Android smart-phone software, Reuters reports.
In an emerging battle over the future of the web, companies are taking sides, reports the New York Times: Facebook said it would not support a proposal by…
The adoption of high-speed internet service in homes has slowed to a crawl this year after a decade of rapid growth, reports the Associated Press—and it looks as…
A new survey reveals the vast majority of medical school students believe that technology in the form of virtual reality exercises could help them develop the skills they…
For readers who want to see the much-talked-about prototype of India’s $35 tablet computer in moving color, a gadget show on Indian television just featured an exclusive hands-on…
