In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is another possible candidate—planets circling white dwarfs, the hot, dense remnants ...

Former immigration judges are sounding the alarm as the Trump Administration continues to fire dozens of federal immigration judges in a move they say is “unprecedented.” Dana Leigh Marks, who served ...

The University of Newcastle and Western Sydney University are being sued in the Supreme Court for failing to accredit their degrees. Students say they have racked up HECS debts of around $50,000 for ...

The UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world. Increasingly, the law has come ...

President Trump is floating the possibility that some of the roughly 600,000 furloughed federal workers could be denied back pay once the government reopens, despite a 2019 law intended to ensure ...