Something unthinkable is happening: the NIH is launching a new collaborative project with private companies to develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.

University administrative positions increased by 28 percent between 2000 and 2012. As students are becoming more price-conscious and more likely to question the value of the expensive degrees on offer, colleges need to get their priorities straight.

Business schools are in trouble: demand is falling, fewer students are applying, and their product is frequently of dubious quality. Are we looking at the next higher-ed bubble?

The federal government is securing the background check process by scaling back its dealings with the longest-serving private contractor conducting investigations, Snowden’s included. But is this enough?

Vast reserves of offshore natural gas have tensions running high in the eastern Mediterranean. We’ve seen plenty of gunboat diplomacy in the East and South China Seas in recent years, but the hydrocarbons buried underneath the Mediterranean make it another important sea to watch.

A tsunami of bad news hit Obamacare this week, but it’s time to re-focus the debate on US healthcare’s systemic problems.

Europe’s green energy policies have sent its electricity prices sky-high, and in doing so are threatening the continent’s competitiveness on the world stage. The Gray Lady’s solution? Have the rest of the world pay higher prices, too.

President Obama has gotten so unpopular in much of the country that he’s voluntarily staying out of Senate races, but one map shows just how bad things have gotten for him.

China attempts to claim disputed islands in the East China Sea with a new strategy: beer can advertising.

Charter school students are more likely to graduate high school, go to college, and earn more money than students at traditional public schools, according to a new study. After years of inconclusive studies, a growing literature suggests that charter students do, in fact, perform better than their peers.