JAXA, Japan’s space agency, has released a robot onto the International Space Station that’s going to save astronauts time. Int-Ball is a ball-shaped robot installed…

When HIV, attacks the human body, the virus leaves it defenseless in a way that is unlike the body’s response to any other microbial invader.…

As Democrats prepare a program to win the legislature in the 2018 legislative elections, one issue stands out as new: The idea of breaking up…

On July 24, Japan encouraged companies to experiment with what is still a relatively uncommon workplace policy in the country: Allowing employees to work from…

In 1977, the sneaker brand Vans introduced a new shoe style. It was a low-top skate shoe, decorated along its side with a single squiggly…

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is sailing ahead of the pack during a summer besieged by sequels. The WWII movie, about stranded Allied forces rescued by ordinary…

Kenya launched its first high speed railway last month, a rail link connecting Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa, that cost about 327 billion…

Wind turbines are impressive structures, towering higher than some of the world’s tallest buildings. When installed offshore, the extent of the construction beneath the surface…

After years of ear-popping climbs, the rate of US college tuition increases is finally slowing. Undergraduate and graduate tuition, which soared an average of 6%…

One American generation is struggling to find affordable housing. A second is sitting at home with a lots of empty bedrooms. Real estate site Trulia…

Last year, US customs officers seized over $4 million worth of fake chairs. It was the first year that the agency had ever seized containers-full…

Singapore’s government rarely misses a chance to display its country’s world-beating credentials. Various rankings, some handily compiled by a government investment agency, show it’s the…

China clearly knows its rights under the law of the sea. But whether it can accept others having those same rights remains to be seen.…

When sick people seek medical care, there’s an expectation that doctors will do everything they can to manage the problem. But more care—more tests, more…

For journalism students at New York’s Fordham University, the shadow of Marshall McLuhan looms large. A media theorist and digital visionary, McLuhan taught at Fordham…

The most important real estate in the world for banks is on your mobile phone—physical branches are closing down, and more investment is being made…

In a fanciful advertisement from 1956, a limber American housewife is spirited to Frigidaire’s “Kitchen of the Future,” where she delightedly pushes buttons, gazes at…

It’s not easy to confront your boss over a contentious issue. And what’s more contentious than how much less you’re paid than your male colleagues?…

Maulana Yasin Mondal speaks slowly, his voice heavy with dismay. “I have never seen anything like this,” Mondal said. “Hindu-Muslim (tension) is unknown in Magurkhali…

Ushahidi, the global crisis-mapping platform headquartered in Kenya, has said it is investigating an alleged sexual harassment claim pitting an employee against a senior member…