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Even though Massachusetts has been a leader in reforming public education, it is clear that more needs to be done.

IT MIMICS the leaping glides of flying fish and needs no external power. The Jump Glider could be the first in a new generation of robots, harnessing aerodynamic lift to travel further than it would if it simply hopped, and without using additional energy.

After the death of Joe Kennedy, Jr during World War II, John moved into the position of oldest son.

A ground-breaking advance in colonoscopy technology signals the future of colorectal care, according to research presented today at Digestive Disease Week .

Time-lapse video of icebreaker traveling through Antarctic seas. Two months of sequences, condensed into less than five minutes.

Make no mistake. The slightly-impossible-to-pronounce acronym CCRMA, standing for the not-terribly-sexy "Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics," is one of the world's hotbeds for innovation in electronic music.

The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills , by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, Allen Lane, RRPA 20 / Basic Books, RRP$27.99, 240 pages Austerity kills - and on a grand scale.

If you want to change phone companies or you're paying for a lot of unused data, good luck getting out of your two-year contract.

MOOCs dominate recent news and reports in next generation learning, while Southern New Hampshire makes history with competency-based learning.

Canada is launching a full-court press to try to capitalize on what could be a large, albeit short, window of opportunity to attract the best and brightest foreigners in America's technology heartland with promises of permanent residency.

Georgetown University sophomore Jim Coury won during his appearance Wednesday night on the Jeopardy! College Championship and advances into the two-part finals Thursday and Friday.

All Saints' Episcopal School is launching a new program designed to better equip their top high school students for higher education and global citizenship.

Momentum for program continues to build as applicant pool and awards grow across project communities in the Northeast, West and Hawaii Boston, MA, May 16, 2013 - First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, announced that students from sixteen high schools across the country will be awarded scholarships through the company's ... (more)

The end of the school year can be a nervous time for students, especially those that will be making the jump into elementary school, middle school, high school or college next fall.

Gwinnett County Public Schools has released the names of the 2012-2013 valedictorian and salutatorian from Berkmar High School .

Bay Area scientists believe they have discovered the Typhoid Mary of the frog world: a flat, feral creature that carried a deadly fungus from Africa to California's ponds and puddles through global trading.

In a seemingly quixotic quest, an East Bay businessman who is a dual Iranian and U.S. citizen has thrown his hat into the ring to be Iran's next president.

Yesterday Angelina Jolie shared her experience as a carrier of a BRCA1 genetic mutation that confers a very high lifetime risk of developing invasive breast cancer .

The DeKalb county school district announced on Tuesday the 2013 valedictorians and salutatorians at high schools in Stone Mountain and Lithonia, as well as their post-high school plans: Arabia Mountain High School Valedictorian : Ayomide Akin-David. Will attend Stanford University or Rice University, computer engineering major.

Professors across the U.S. are criticizing a rush to offer free online college courses, challenging a movement designed to spread knowledge and reduce higher-education costs.