Girls constitute two-thirds of the top 10 percent of their  school classes and apply to college at a higher rate than boys. A college that receives more (and more qualified) female applicants than male but desires a “balanced” student body has to lower its standards...

Frank Martela, Finnish psychologist and philosopher, says that it is no accident that his homeland has for six years now been ranked the happiest country in the world. He cites three factors and four that make Finland a happier land. Finns are connected by a strong...

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff says forget about censorship, pornography, and indoctrination. The central problem in American education is simply that too many kids aren’t getting the education they need. Only 32 percent of America’s fourth graders are...

When you think of exercising for weight loss, what do you picture? Running? Cycling? Something that gets your heart beating hard and your body sweating heavily. Aerobic exercise has traditionally been associated with slimming down, while weight or resistance training...

Would you let a teenager file your taxes? That’s not a riddle, but a reality at Rancho Cucamonga High School in the Southern California city of the same name. There, a group of students trained in tax filing and led by accounting teacher Chris Van Duin help run a free...

Instrument discovered in attic in East Sussex only a few miles from former Beatle’s home after campaign to find it. Sir Paul McCartney’s lost Hofner bass guitar has been found in a loft in East Sussex, 52 years after it was stolen from the back of a van in Notting...

The widow of a prominent Wall Street investor has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school for tuition for all future students. The gift from Ruth Gottesman, 93, is the largest-ever to a US medical university and comes from the fortune left behind by her late...

Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found recently by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Connecticut....

A new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) identifies the key role hydration is thought to play in the aging process. This new research serves as great proof of the importance of drinking enough water to stay properly hydrated. The study determined that...

When a Preschool Was Opened Inside a Dementia Care Home, All Heaven Broke Loose They say it takes a village to raise a child. Centered on that concept of communal flourishing, Northwest England’s first intergenerational care village, home to both older people and...