A kindergarten in Shanghai has begun "gender education" in hopes of teaching boys to be masculine and girls to be feminine.
Cristy Nicole Deweese, once Playboy's "Coed of the Month," is now a high school Spanish teacher in Dallas.
An unidentified person known only as the “poopetrator” has been defecating on students’ clothing at Yale University’s Saybrook College.
Jordan Bennett, an eight-year-old boy in Central Florida, was suspended from school after using his thumb and index fingers to simulate a gun while playing with friends.
Lulu, a 6-year-old transgender girl born as a boy named Manuel, legally changed her identity under Argentina’s Gender Identity Law.
An Alberta college is teaching students how to make, market and sell their own beer -- and yes, they get to drink in class.
The entire Cornell men’s lacrosse team was temporarily suspended amid hazing allegations.
A 2-year-old boy weighed 33 kg (70 pounds) before going in for bariatric surgery in Saudi Arabia.
In celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here are some common pirate myths you probably think are true.
U.S. Census Bureau data shows how much undergraduate degree holders will earn in a lifetime, based on their occupation and major.
The fact that wealthy Chinese send their children to expensive U.K. secondary schools isn't something they want advertised.
To give you a little extra courage on your Friday the 13th, here is the history of 13 of the most popular superstitions.
Anthropologists at the University of Zurich believe orangutans plan their travels up to one day in advance and announce this information to others.
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey uncovered microbes that date back nearly 100,000 years, plus previously unknown organisms.
But De Blasio isn't fully in the clear from having to participate in a runoff election.
University rankings are showing that free and low-cost education in Europe is as good as what America has.
Students at Yale University are voicing concern after they returned for the new school year to find the university's squirrels missing.
A speech on education given by President Obama in 2009 has stirred up some controversy among Chinese academics.
It's still an area dominated by America, but some Chinese universities are making inroads among the global elite.
10 famous quotes in support of the age-old art of procrastination.
On Friday, Sept. 6 at 11:27 p.m. ET NASA will launch its LADEE moon probe into space. You can watch coverage of the launch starting at 9:30 p.m. ET on NASA TV.
A pair of researchers has finally offered the first scientific proof that humans blush in the dark.
30 alleged former Auschwitz guards might be brought up on charges of accessory to murder, 70 years after the end of the Second World War.
Give your tired trail mix recipes a break with these tasty, homemade twists on the simple to make snack.
The National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a baby panda on Friday afternoon.
Scientists have captured new images of rarely seen red lighting, known as sprites. The bright strands of light shoot upward from cloud tops when thunderstorms emit lightning.
New research has revealed two mysterious whirlpools in the South Atlantic Ocean that researchers say are the ocean's equivalent to a black hole.
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a 14th century poison ring that they believe was possibly used in political murders.
A new study completed by University of Utah neuroscientists concludes there is no evidence existing within brain imaging that pinpoints a difference in the way humans use specific sides of their brains.
As wildfire incidents have continued to increase over the past few years, the work of NASA's fire watching satellites has increased as well.