False-color image of Saturn's rings by Cassini space probe (AP Images)

NASA investigates one of the solar system’s most spectacular sights…on this...

Beyoncé may have gotten the world singing along to her hit “Put A Ring On It,” but hers wasn’t the first ring to capture...
Global Learning XPrize for education (XPrize)

Will a lot of money bring the best idea on how...

More than 250 million children cannot read, write or do basic math. A newcomer to education, Peter Diamandis, thinks he can solve the problem...
Students on campus (AP Images)

A record number of international students enroll in U.S. colleges. Will...

A lot of international students pursue college and university degrees in the U.S. — nearly 820,000 did in 2013. That's more than go to any...
Michigan State forward Jon Horford slams a dunk. (AP Images)

Want to talk like an American? It’s a slam-dunk with these...

Americans are crazy about sports. So if you want to talk like an American, it's important to learn some of the sports phrases that...
Headshot of Kenneth Shinozuka, Google Science Fair participant

This 15-year-old wanted to keep his grandfather safe. What he came...

Science fairs are where young minds break molds and push new ideas out into the world. Kenneth Shinozuka from New York landed a finalist’s place...
Post-doctoral scholar in material science Chao Wang cuts through a sample of the self healing skin material developed in the Bao lab.

They didn’t set out to make things invisible. It just happened.

Supernatural strength, healing and invisibility — it’s all in a day’s work for material scientists featured in “We the Geeks,” a webchat series that...
Keyhole Nebula seen from the Hubble telescope

Photo of the day: Hubble telescope reveals mysteries of the universe

Our "Photo of the Day" was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and reveals previously unseen details of the Keyhole Nebula, a mysterious, complex...
Haitian girl uses a LuminAID device at night.

Two students use science to bring light to disaster zones

When Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork saw disaster victims on TV, they decided to do something about it. They were graduate students in architecture...
Harvard graduates wave inflatable globes at their commencement ceremony

First students graduate from a U.S. university…on this day

Many international students consider Harvard University to be among the most prestigious colleges in the United States. Did you know that it is also...