MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Soil, an important part of the carbon cycle, might compound the world's carbon dioxide problem, according to a global study involving Kansas…

The baby boomer generation, now in their 50s to 70s, should stop thinking about putting their feet up when they retire – and maybe not…

Two major Arab cities fell on Tuesday – Aleppo (Syria) to the Syrian Arab Army and Sirte (Libya) to the militia armies of Misrata. One…

Medical technologies that have long been detailed in science fiction are becoming realities in the world's laboratories and hospitals, which makes extending the average lifespan…

Fatty liver disease is becoming increasingly common in many parts of the world, affecting about 25 percent of people globally (1). It is linked to…

A team of tax experts from Kenya will be deployed to Botswana early next year in the latest round of an initiative that seeks to…

The mothers of Kavumu hardly sleep. But on rainy nights, they don’t even try. The rain pounds on their tin roofs so noisily that they…

Phillip Knightley, who has died aged 87, was one of the most accomplished reporters of his generation: his craftsmanship underpinned some of the 20th-century’s most…

Donald Trump has appointed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The conservative Republican has close ties to the…

The names are simple and sound innocuous: The Institute for Humane Studies; The Center for the Study of Economic Liberty; The Institute for the Study…

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise that he would increase the Defense Department budget, but could new evidence of fiscal irresponsibility change his policy?…

The ice sheet covering Greenland is four times bigger than California -- and holds enough water to raise global sea-level more than twenty feet if…