The 192 countries flocking to Copenhagen next month won't reach consensus on climate change. That won't stop them from acting alone.

College degrees are supposed to last a lifetime, but should tuition loan payments? How some schools got away with charging interest rates of up to 18 percent.

Why America is falling behind and how to fix it.

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are betting $3.5 billion in taxpayer money on a tiny pellet that could produce an endless supply of safe, clean energy. For some, that's hard to swallow.

The idea that we must choose between science and humanities is false.

Innovation is as American as baseball and apple pie. But some traditions can't be trademarked.

How the Israeli Army became the most prolific innovation engine on earth.

Think a tree is just a tree? Think again. A new United Nations study puts dollar signs on the services nature provides.

Hank Paulson's plan was supposed to save the economy. But did it end up merely enriching bankers?

How hedge fund manager John Paulson bet against real estate bubble and made $15 billion in a single year.

How the financial crisis could leave Europe even stronger than America.

Finance is much the same as ever.

Consumers have increasingly been charged higher interest rates and pricey fees, and hit with one-sided account modifications. Will new legislation really put an end to all that?

How baby boomers are reigniting the housing market.

China's top climate-change negotiator makes a case that his country is gearing up for the December summit in Copenhagen.

Al Gore's views on climate change are advancing as rapidly as the phenomenon itself.

A reality that's still within reach.

Climate-change legislation that doesn't add up.