Education

A children's charity in London has introduced a bus stop billboard that uses facial-recognition technology to display gender-specific messages.

February 21, 2012 11:08am | By Jenny Wilson

BERLIN -- A German politician suggests social networking education has a place in classrooms as well as in homes. Are schools the place to give web safety issues the attention they deserve?

February 20, 2012 1:45pm | By Shannon Smith

DELHI -- Asia Pacific, with 60 percent of the world's population, is racing against time to meet its Millennium Development Goals on reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.

February 20, 2012 8:13am | By Betwa Sharma

Plants abandoned mid-construction in the 1970s have been put to some creative uses -- from museums to film sets to amusement parks.

3 | February 19, 2012 7:29pm | By Hannah Waters

New report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology says the US faces critical shortage of science and tech grads; proposes 5-step remedy.

6 | February 19, 2012 12:25pm | By Joe McKendrick

Design will be a focus at this year's high-profile TED conference in Long Beach, California. Here's a look at the five thought leaders who will present during a session devoted to the topic.

February 16, 2012 11:05am | By Reena Jana

MELBOURNE -- Just like the character of Don Draper in Mad Men, copywriter Ben Keenan is in the business of ideas. He claims that creativity is a learned skill not an inherent ability.

1 | February 15, 2012 5:46am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Energy futurist Chris Nelder explains why you can run from EROI, but you can't hide, and why savvy energy investors should use it as a guide instead of ROI.

29 | February 15, 2012 5:00am | By Chris Nelder

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's new open-source education platform promises to bring free online education to the masses. The name? MITx.

1 | February 14, 2012 9:22am | By Andrew Nusca

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group is announced as the winner of the redesign competition for the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah.

February 14, 2012 7:00am | By Beth Carter

Hundreds of products are now certified for Wi-Fi Direct, but is anyone using the wireless tech? And what will it take to get consumers to care?

February 13, 2012 12:16pm | By Mari Silbey

By emphasizing the differences between letters, a graphic designer has created a font that should make reading and spelling easier for dyslexics.

12 | February 13, 2012 8:01am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Environmentalists have not always embraced cities as sustainable enclaves. But one traditional environmental group is starting to warm up to the idea of conservation in the city.

1 | February 10, 2012 8:02am | By Tyler Falk

MADRID -- Spain's anti-downloading law, which silently passed, is now reaching legal hurtles before it takes effect on March 1.

February 9, 2012 4:15am | By Jennifer Riggins

Angela Zhang has come up with a novel treatment for cancer that could someday lead to a cure -- and she hasn't even graduated from high school yet.

16 | February 8, 2012 5:18am | By Laura Shin

MELBOURNE -- Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is a worldwide organization focused on changing communities through the re-distribution of disused bikes.

February 8, 2012 4:43am | By Lieu Thi Pham

PARIS -- Annual competition seeks to find the most innovative and inventive young minds in Luxembourg.

1 | February 8, 2012 12:06am | By Bryan Pirolli

A sobering report shows that science education standards are sorely lacking. The authors point out four areas for improvement.

7 | February 5, 2012 7:02pm | By Laura Shin

A Chinese entrepreneurs alliance opens new European offices with Danish design.

February 5, 2012 2:56pm | By Ina Damm Muri

Uninspiring classroom images don't give teachers the credit they deserve.

February 5, 2012 8:49am | By Sarah Korones