Many states in the U.S. are alarmed by news from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science 2005 Report Card, released Wednesday - science proficiency appears to dwindle as students reach high school. One state fairly concerned with science education is Illinois. About 70 percent of Illinois 4th and 8th graders [...]

Ten million dollars is now at stake for engineers, scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs who create breakthrough hydrogen fuel technology in the next 10 years. On Wednesday, the House passed legislation creating the “H-Prize,” modeled after the privately funded Ansari X Prize on a 416-6 vote. A companion bill is to be introduced and [...]