The second Wisconsin Poverty Report shows the rate of poverty in Wisconsin worsened in 2008, with more than 11 percent of the state’s population living in need, including one in seven children and one in 10 elderly residents.

Men who make less money than their female partners are more likely to be unfaithful, according to a new study.

University Park, Pa. – The real estate department at the Penn State Smeal College of Business is ranked seventh in the world in research productivity and a Smeal faculty member ranks sixth, according to an academic study forthcoming in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

University Park, Pa. - Bans on alcohol and tobacco marketing are among the least effective tactics for combating underage drinking and smoking, according to a Penn State economist, who has studied the effects of advertising since 1985.

MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-121 WASHINGTON - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the November space shuttle flight to the International Space Station.

PASADENA, Calif. - A relatively new type of El Niño, which has its warmest waters in the central-equatorial Pacific Ocean, rather than in the eastern-equatorial Pacific, is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new study by NASA and NOAA.

Task Force finds developing countries get only 5 percent of global cancer care resources despite incurring majority of cancer deaths - Once thought to be a problem primarily in the developed world, cancer is now a leading cause of death and disability in poorer countries.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Most people don’t drink alcohol while working, so it’s probably not smart to order a drink during a job interview over lunch or dinner—even if the boss orders a glass of wine or beer, a new study suggests.