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When the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids they made sure they pointed them precisely toward the north. This week, in Nature magazine, a scientist describes how she thinks they did it. NPR's Richard Harris has the story.

In Arizona, these newly naturalized U.S. citizens see voting in next year’s elections as an important responsibility.

Researchers have hardened wood and fashioned a knife out of it. It's three times sharper than steel and can slice through steak, and could be a sustainable alternative.

Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.

The National Guard is doubling down on marketing efforts amid struggles to attract new recruits and maintain strength in the post-COVID job ecosystem.

After protests, a student's hunger strike and a strike by some football players, President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced their resignations.

National Democrats are throwing their support behind Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, adding her to a list of top-tier candidates who they think have a shot at…

Lawyers for NBC Universal found that allegations of inappropriate behavior by the former Today host were never reported to managers or human resources.

The initial public stock offering of the Chinese financial company Ant Group, which would have been the world's largest stock offering of all time, has been put on hold.

Laura Helmuth of Scientific American says the decision to break tradition was both unanimous and quick: "We took this decision very seriously. You don't give up 175 years of tradition for nothing."