When the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research bought the former F. Lozano & Sons cigar factory in 2005, there were no plans to expand beyond the three-story structure. ...more

June 7, 2008

The number of international students attending American colleges and universities has nearly rebounded from a slump that after the Sept. 11 attacks, which triggered tough new visa restrictions and closer monitoring of foreign scholars. ...more

December 6, 2007

Physicians are among the most trusted professionals in America, but a new survey shows that when it comes to dealing with colleagues' mistakes or incompetence, many doctors abandon the high standards they espouse. ...more

December 5, 2007

Washoe, a female chimpanzee thought to be the first nonhuman to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. ...more

November 1, 2007