Cambridge, Massachusetts - The challenges of providing clean, reliable energy, water, and food to people everywhere - and especially in parts of the developing world - is a key focus of Solve, a four-day conference taking place this week at MIT. A full day of talks, workshops, and discussions was devoted to the topic on Tuesday.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT’s inaugural Solve conference opened with a splash on Monday, as a diverse group of technologists, entrepreneurs, and experts hailed the importance of addressing our most urgent global problems.

Washington, DC - Teenage girls who compulsively text are more likely than their male counterparts to do worse academically, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "I congratulate Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet for their selection as winners of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.

Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "On behalf of the American people, I congratulate Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.  This brave coalition of workers, industry, lawyers and human rights advocates is an inspiring reminder that lasting peace and security can only be achieved when citizens are empowered to forge their own future and that democracy is both possible and necessary in the North Africa and the Middle East.

New York - A book written by scientist Charles Darwin on the process of natural selection is back with its rightful owner, the people of Canada.  At a ceremony today at the Canadian Consulate in New York, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned the book to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) based in Nova Scotia.