I spend most of my day at a keyboard, so I type a lot. I thought I was pretty good until I tried out an online typing test and was quickly humbled. Since then, I do a few minutes of practice every day ...

In 2024, [Jan Roetz] decided to see whether he could 3D print a Benchy – the boat-shaped benchmarking tool used in 3D printer calibration – in less than one minute. Two years later, after experiments ...

President Donald Trump recently celebrated what he called an "extremely good" medical examination. In a May 31 Truth Social post, Trump wrote: "The results of my Physical Examinat ...

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 ...

Younger students have regained academic ground lost during the pandemic, but older students' test scores remain stagnant.

LOWELL — Lowell Center for the Arts announced that it has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Mass. Cultural Council’s Cultural Facilities Fund. The grant marks a milestone in the nonprofit’s work ...

VocabOwl’s viral vocabulary test turns 100 multiple-choice questions into a shareable estimate of your English word knowledge, but the clever scoring system still leaves room for guessing and ...

The race for 30-minute delivery to your home is heating up. On May 28, Walmart said it was expanding its 30-minute-or-less delivery service. Originally available in seven cities, the expedited service ...

As the game turns 5 years old, the data reveals that while standard-mode players have much more freedom, they’re not making ...

Re “The Slump in Student Achievement Persists” (The Upshot, May 16): Our tragic educational decline requires preaching as well as teaching. The teachers are the foot soldiers, but we have no generals ...

For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for colorectal cancer. It’s not meant to replace colonoscopies, aiming instead at ...

Alexander Willis is a senior editor who graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and currently lives in the Metro Nashville area, Tennessee. Prior to joining ...