A finger-length fish has reignited a long-running debate about self-awareness, cognition and how much we’ve underestimated ...

As the deadline to submit college applications approached last year, Hilary Cabrera Orozco braced for disappointment. The daughter of Ecuadorian immigrants, and a nearly straight-A student, had her ...

Researchers and the University of Washington have developed a new rapid test that quickly detects hepatitis C, but its use ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

Last week, University of California (UC) provost Michael Brown brought to a close not only a two-year but a five decade “experiment” into the use of aptitude and achievement testing in the admission ...

Until a vaccine arrives, the world has to find a way to live with Covid-19 and without lockdowns. One approach gaining currency is testing entire populations with new tests that deliver near-instant ...

The ease of genetically engineering mice has led to the development of disease model strains that precisely mimic human conditions. These strains provide the ideal testbed for evaluating novel ...