This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...

A simple writing test could detect cognitive impairment in older individuals before more serious symptoms occur, scientists have discovered. Writing is a complex, brain-heavy workout that requires the ...

A few weeks ago, where I live in Johannesburg, a man ran a stop sign and crashed into my Subaru. At the scene he was frantic, unable to gather his thoughts. Half an hour later, I received a lengthy, ...

LANSING, MI – Bipartisan legislation that state lawmakers say erases outdated standardized testing requirements for Michigan high school juniors got the stamp of approval Thursday from Gov. Gretchen ...

For the past three years, I've watched a pattern repeat itself across software engineering organizations—from early-stage startups to publicly traded software companies. The team adopts an AI coding ...

On-demand writing is a legitimate test of a student's ability to form an argument using provided texts. Kentucky's proposed HB 257 would remove on-demand writing from state assessments. If writing is ...

I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now ...

New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker ...

Artificial intelligence is already being used to write romance novels, academic papers and software applications. But how does A.I. stack up against some of the world’s best human writers? Skeptics ...

All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found. Still, some LLMs performed better than others in the ...

Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, has unveiled a package of regulatory updates ahead of the 2026 season, responding to ongoing technical scrutiny over power units and broader efforts to refine race ...

The exploit saw the Moonwell protocol exploited for $1.78 million after cbETH was mispriced at $1.12 instead of about $2,200, intensifying debate around AI-co-authored smart contracts. Moonwell, a ...