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 ...

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 ...

Vò, a small town in northern Italy, could offer clues on to how to deal with the coronavirus after health authorities appear to have stopped the spread of COVID-19, preventing any new infections.

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 ...

In August, more than 100 New England colleges launched a massive experiment: What happens if you bring students back to petri dish campuses in the midst of a pandemic, but put huge energy into ...