Even the Apple generation doesn't favor Steve Jobs over the most iconic inventor in U.S.

Is college designed to give students job skills, or to encourage them to study subjects they're passionate about? It's a question that can incite endless debate , but according to the 46th annual Freshman Survey —a project of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA—students increasingly believe it's the former

Washington, D.C. has been ranked? the most literate city in America —the second year in a row it's snagged the title.?Since 2003, the annual study of America's Most Literate Cities has crunched numbers on six key literacy indicators: “newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and internet resources” in cities with a population of 250,000 people or more. But this year, study author? Dr

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Americans showing interest in buying an electric-drive vehicle has fallen about 17 percent during the past two years, as car buyers say the continued premium charged for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles doesn’t offset the effect of lower refueling costs, according to green-technology research firm Pike Research . Of the more than 1,000 people surveyed by Pike Research late last year, 40 percent said they were either “extremely” or “very” interested in purchasing a plug-in vehicle, down from 44 percent a year earlier and down from 48 percent in 2009. While respondents, on average, were willing to pay about 19 percent more for an electric-drive vehicle than for a conventional car with similar amenities, that difference is less than the premium automakers typically charge

How do you get to work? And does it take you longer than you'd like?

It looks like Occupy Wall Street's message has resonated even after Zuccotti Park cleared out.

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , MPG U.S. automobile executives are less optimistic about consumer adoption of electric-drive vehicles than their colleagues overseas, reflecting what they say is a lack of consensus over which type of electrified powertrain will become predominant over the next few years, consultant KPMG International said in its 13th annual Global Automotive Executive Survey . About half of the U.S.

A spate of earthquakes has been rumbling through northeastern Ohio for months, with the largest individual quake—magnitude 4.0—striking just before the end of the year.

NASA spacecraft are beaming home some festive photographic treats, just in time for the holidays. ? One shot, taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), captures a star-forming nebula that resembles a Christmas wreath.

Beautiful, informative data visualizations have been one of GOOD's hallmarks from the start, and we fulfilled that mission more than ever before in 2011. From an infographic that compared school cafeteria food and prison meals to an interactive visualization of a GOP debate with embedded sound clips, we brought you the news graphically as often as possible.